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Here are some photo's of the performance through the Skyview. What I was trying to achieve was to see if the altitude compensating Carbs actually work. looking at the EGT. Now what I did was to fly at 1000ft at 25.1 inches of power level off take a photo then do the same at 2000, 3000 & 4000 ft. Have a look and maybe the experts can tell me a few answers. Why is the air speed at 88/89 from 1000 to 3000 but in the 4000 photo it's 93? some one said it is the constant speed prop doing a better job at altitude. Talking about the constant speed prop I set the pitch to do 5780 rpm straight and level and the plane was pulling hard through to when it hit the wall at 100 knots, wouldn't go any faster. So I thought throw the prop into auto and it should go a bit quicker, but all it did was change the fuel burn. At 5780 it was burning 26 lph then at 5000 rpm it went down to 22 lph. Another thing have a look at the horse power at each altitude.451648140_photo4.JPG.a2739b8e0f806747f1f808bbbb187166.JPG

 

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Greg. I don't know how you have it set up but if you are reading TAS, you would expect speed to go up with height. The gear I have for my new plane will read TAS.

 

Reckom I would like to have a fly in it.

 

 

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Here are some photo's of the performance through the Skyview. What I was trying to achieve was to see if the altitude compensating Carbs actually work. looking at the EGT. Now what I did was to fly at 1000ft at 25.1 inches of power level off take a photo then do the same at 2000, 3000 & 4000 ft. Have a look and maybe the experts can tell me a few answers. Why is the air speed at 88/89 from 1000 to 3000 but in the 4000 photo it's 93? some one said it is the constant speed prop doing a better job at altitude. Talking about the constant speed prop I set the pitch to do 5780 rpm straight and level and the plane was pulling hard through to when it hit the wall at 100 knots, wouldn't go any faster. So I thought throw the prop into auto and it should go a bit quicker, but all it did was change the fuel burn. At 5780 it was burning 26 lph then at 5000 rpm it went down to 22 lph. Another thing have a look at the horse power at each altitude.[ATTACH=full]14284[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]14285[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]14286[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]14287[/ATTACH]

also check the X-wind and temp readings also!!!augie.gif.8d680d8e3ee1cb0d5cda5fa6ccce3b35.gif

 

 

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Would like to thank everyone for there encouraging comments on my plane. I've installed my HUGE 8.50x6 tyres the other day and couldn't resist a test fly. The 8.50's lift the hole plane up 2" so getting into the cockpit you have to lift your but a little higher, this gives a lot more visibility over the nose while taxiing. I have let the front tyre down flat and measured between the prop and ground which I still have 4" of clearance so I'm happy with that. Ground handling is superb, it is a little smoother while taxiing over rougher ground as the tyres soak up the bumps. In the air you can not tell the difference in handling, other than a loss of 2-3 knots of air speed. Here are a couple of photos. 080_plane.gif.36548049f8f1bc4c332462aa4f981ffb.gif1247338329_photo5.JPG.60c2f5d92052c1e49c62f637eef6e872.JPG004_oh_yeah.gif.82b3078adb230b2d9519fd79c5873d7f.gif

 

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Indicated. It felt as though it was still increasing speed till it hit 100 then just stopped. Others might go faster mine is a little draggy with wheels.

 

Yes I do have a Tundra and fork on the front. The landings are soft but that could be the pilot. hehe

 

 

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Well guys mine should be here before Christmas all going well....

Congratulations on the order of your Savvy Neil (and obviously the sale of the J120!). Look forward to seeing it in the flesh over the new year. Particularly look forward to seeing Mark's Savvy build soon too. Holidays just started now, and after taking the kids away to Bali next week, hope to start meeting some of the many Savvy builders/owners we seem to be fortunate to have on the Sunshine Coast.

 

Cheers all,

 

Mike.

 

 

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Is that when it hits port Neil?...I have a CNC machine shipment arriving on the 3rd into port but doubt if I will see it out of customs and AQIS before the 10thMark

Probably on the same boat mate- Yep, that's the port date. I guess I should be flying it away around mid month or a little earlier. It's been so long now I'm not getting too excited, anyway by the sounds of that rain outside it might be better floating on the boat. The only thing going up faster than the euro exchange rate at the moment is my rain tank.

 

 

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Probably on the same boat mate- Yep, that's the port date. I guess I should be flying it away around mid month or a little earlier. It's been so long now I'm not getting too excited, anyway by the sounds of that rain outside it might be better floating on the boat. The only thing going up faster than the euro exchange rate at the moment is my rain tank.

Did you get the long range tanks?

 

 

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