"Jerry Springer" wrote in message
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wrote:
You guys are giving bad advice. I fly a Glastar with an O-320 E2A in
it. I have flown dozens of hours at density altitudes above 15000 ft.
And that is with the plane loaded to GW.


I agree, I have flown my RV-6 at 15000 ft several times when I had a O-320
E2D on it and it was still climbing with no problem. I used to fly across
the mtns. in my Tripacer at altitudes of 14,500. John Ammeter something
does not sound right that you could not get your RV-6 above 13,500.

Jerry

Someone with 150 hp and a cruise prop might not be able to generate a whole
lot of rpm and therefore power at that altitude. It goes back to the
compromises you make with a fixed pitch prop. Also, it depends on how
heavily loaded the RV-6 was. I list my 160 hp, fixed pitch RV-6's gross
weight at 1675 lb, and the climb and altitude performance really suffer with
the last 50 lbs or so.

KB