Lowflynjack
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Jack Fleetwood
This was a fun photoshoot with a really nice guy. I couldn't afford this plane if I lived three times, but I captured it in my own way!
... That is one sexy plane.This was a fun photoshoot with a really nice guy. I couldn't afford this plane if I lived three times, but I captured it in my own way!
Agree. One thing I had never noticed before today is that wing… sweet!... That is one sexy plane.
Thx. I'm down near Austin.Nice!! Where are you located again? I’m in TX for a week, but I have no desire to wash the underside, lol.
Yeah, it follows the aviation rule... it'll fly with half of the seat full. He said a lot of people take the rear facing seats out.Nicely done @Lowflynjack
It's a great looking bird but there's no useful load left with full tanks. That's one plane you can't fill if you want to take people somewhere.
I don't think that is accurate. Full fuel (260 gal) leaves about 550-600 payload and at 260kts will cover more miles than a bladder can handle. Drop the fuel to 200 gal and have near 3hrs (with IFR reserves) at 260kts and the payload gets to near 1000lbs. I see plenty of utility with those numbers. @Rockymountain can provide more factual information.Nicely done @Lowflynjack
It's a great looking bird but there's no useful load left with full tanks. That's one plane you can't fill if you want to take people somewhere.
I think you made his point! With full tanks, you're saying 550-600 payload. That means you could fill all six seats as long as everyone weighed 100 lbs! Even at your higher number, 1000 lbs, each person would have to average 160 lbs. Not likely in today's society!I don't think that is accurate. Full fuel (260 gal) leaves about 550-600 payload and at 260kts will cover more miles than a bladder can handle. Drop the fuel to 200 gal and have near 3hrs (with IFR reserves) at 260kts and the payload gets to near 1000lbs. I see plenty of utility with those numbers. @Rockymountain can provide more factual information.
Jack got my point. At full fuel you basically have 2 passengers. Like I said, it's thr type of bird you probably don't keep full of fuel. My Lance with full fuel can handle over 850 lbs of people and stuff. I mostly fly it full of fuel because it rarely limits me to what I want to do.Jack, He did not specify full seats but full fuel. Yes, limited payload on full fuel but certainly this aircraft has great utility when flying with different combinations of fuel/passengers/baggage. We all know that in typical pilot flown GA aircraft one must choose a combination of fuel and passengers/baggage.
It can. In this case we kept the 182 maxed out and he was able to keep his plane clean.Beautiful!
I’ve always wondered when photographing faster planes, them being at the lower end of the airspeed range, whether their higher deck angle makes it more difficult to take the pictures?
Did you get a ride in it or the promise of a trip?Pretty simple flight for this one, not too many turns!
Nope, not yet!!Did you get a ride in it or the promise of a trip?
getting some stick time would be cool but....prob no matter though.....awesome machine, but I recon it would be about like riding in an airliner, up high like that.....Nope, not yet!!
I've got a lot of planes in my logbook and it would be fun to add this one, especially on someone else's dime! We flew down low for the photoshoot and he said because of that, he burned 50 gallons!getting some stick time would be cool but....prob no matter though.....awesome machine, but I recon it would be about like riding in an airliner, up high like that.....
just trying to make you feel better
I've got a lot of planes in my logbook and it would be fun to add this one, especially on someone else's dime! We flew down low for the photoshoot and he said because of that, he burned 50 gallons!