X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com From: "Doug Lomheim" Received: from omr-a018e.mx.aol.com ([204.29.186.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.14) with ESMTPS id 9405132 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 26 Jan 2017 13:27:21 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.29.186.64; envelope-from=dlomheim@aol.com Received: from mtaout-aah01.mx.aol.com (mtaout-aah01.mx.aol.com [172.27.1.141]) by omr-a018e.mx.aol.com (Outbound Mail Relay) with ESMTP id 53AED38000A7 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2017 13:27:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.38] (unknown [188.210.18.215]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-aah01.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id E137138000096 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2017 13:27:03 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_95ECC9F0-F4F8-4FE9-BEA4-8AA211BE2946" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.2 \(3259\)) Subject: Finn's RV-3 Performance? Message-Id: <7A696236-5472-4E6E-B391-B061F56A68B4@aol.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 19:27:01 +0100 To: Rotary Motors in Aircraft X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3259) x-aol-global-disposition: G DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20150623; t=1485455224; bh=zsJfME1o1aw/+3SDgxWBEU7lz4gQjxJBJ+b2wsn7ybc=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-Id:Date:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=589NKeJY4o4T/hHcyvJeqWk8hnysvp6+cMhqpztiiLEiY3QHvYwJdzPbt+VcSKT3+ xiY419BGhmy/Rv+wHZQVsj8do9UXTW2FFVmJ6BWbs1nHViNwZjVzQ2e4T+THlEStGT QzoMqaLQF2is55VQPsFSwfejaTUuSdJa3HH6n3/M= x-aol-sid: 3039ac1b018d588a3f776bb3 X-AOL-IP: 188.210.18.215 --Apple-Mail=_95ECC9F0-F4F8-4FE9-BEA4-8AA211BE2946 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Finn: Can you post some performance numbers from your RV-3? =20 I restored a =E2=80=9C3A=E2=80=9D w/O-290=E2=80=9DG=E2=80=9D = (alternative engine :) ); and I flew it for a year while putting 50 hrs. = on it. I routinely would cruise it at 2300-2350 rpm which equated to = about 140-145 mph, and when leaned out the fuel burn would avg. 4.9-5.1 = GPH, and it topped out at about 185 =E2=80=9Cmph" at 2,800 rpm. I=E2=80=99m curious how yours performs w/ the 13B; and I imagine it will = be much closer in performance to an O-320=E2=80=A6 Thanks for any info. Doug=20= --Apple-Mail=_95ECC9F0-F4F8-4FE9-BEA4-8AA211BE2946 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Finn:

Can you post some performance numbers from your = RV-3?

I = restored a =E2=80=9C3A=E2=80=9D w/O-290=E2=80=9DG=E2=80=9D = (alternative engine :) ); and I flew it for a year while putting 50 = hrs. on it. I routinely would cruise it at 2300-2350 rpm which = equated to about 140-145 mph, and when leaned out the fuel burn would = avg. 4.9-5.1 GPH, and it topped out at about 185 =E2=80=9Cmph" at = 2,800 rpm.

I=E2=80= =99m curious how yours performs w/ the 13B; and I imagine it will be = much closer in performance to an O-320=E2=80=A6

Thanks for any = info.

Doug

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