Hi Tommy, Have not re-weighed the plane but I dropped about 25 pounds
with the new installation. Only 10 of those were due to the lighter
Renesis. The rest were due to engine mount, oil filter, hoses, intake
manifold, etc. It was 934 pounds before paint back in 1994. Time to
weigh it again.
Total 'shoe box' runner length is about 11 inches now.
Tracy (Preliminary test results on longer intake runners - Woo
Hooo! More details later)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 6:30
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Weight and
Balance?
Hi T. What is
the new empty weight of the Otter?
What is the length of
the new runners? (internal port to shoebox)
Regards, and very
sorry to miss the flyin!
Tommy<><
From: Rotary
motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Tracy Crook
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 9:29
AM
To: Rotary motors in
aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary]
Re: best cruise altitude and power
Correct on all
counts Rusty. I'm using the airplane as a dyno in these tests which has
very little to do with the way airplanes are actually used. As I have
said in the past, top speed and HP numbers are good for only one thing -
Hangar bragging rights. My comment about never testing above 6000
applies only to the recent Renesis testing.
As an example of
why it makes no sense to go fast down low, I can fly 202 mph at 1000
ft (not full throttle) while sweating profusely in a hot cockpit while
burning about 16 GPH. I can go the same speed at 14000 ft in complete comfort
while burning 8.25 GPH (numbers from earlier 2nd gen 13B
engine).
Tracy (installing
longer intake runners in shoebox manifold - Turbo flyers beware :
)