On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:02:16 -0500, Barnyard BOb
wrote:




The flight of N863WL from Seattle to Kansas City was a flight of 2
until overnighting in Salt Lake City with Ric and Shari Lee. From
there, it seemed like just a short hop the next day to KCMO at 200+
mph ground speed. At 75% power, the fuel burn was near 9 gph with the
airspeed hovering in the neighborhood at a tad over 185 mph on the
trusty 150 hp Lycoming 0-320.

in my language that would be 161 knots burning 34 litres per hour.
for the distance travelled the Tailwind would burn about 32.5 litres.
(120 knots at 24 litres per hour)
so it is a pretty damn efficient aeroplane.

The RV3 is without a doubt the most 'nimble' of all the RV models.
With nearly 10 years under my belt with N863WL the honeymoon is still
far from over, and I bore easily given my 56 years of licensed flight
and 8000 hours of tailwheel time.. mostly acquired while crop dusting.

P.S.
If Yawn Jimenez, is reading this...
eat your heart out, you Zoom ass kisssing BD-5 dip****!!!


~Barnyard BOb~

The more people I meet,
the more I like my dog.


Bob
when you say "nimble" I'm not sure what you mean. it has a few
meanings.
is it really sensitive on the controls to fly or is it sprightly (high
performance) to fly?

does it fly like a Tailwind or more like an RV6 ?

what are the landings like?
squirrilly or docile?
Stealth Pilot