On Jul 7, 8:17Â*am, denny wrote:
On Jul 7, 1:48�am, es330td wrote:



Are there any good alternatives outside the canard family?

Â* Â* Â*Check out the Tango 2 atwww.teamtango.com. Â*The standard
configuration carries 58 gallons which will give you an approximate
1,100 nm ifr range at 175-180 KTAS. Â*You can go with the 90 gallon
full wet wing and make your 1,400 nm round trip without refueling, or
fly LAX-to-JAX nonstop if you can stand it. Â*Useful load is 800lb or
1,000 with the wet wing. Â*Basically, it will carry what ever you can
pack in for luggage. Â*I have an older version with 40 gallon tanks and
consider 750 nm a comfortable day vfr range, no wind. Â*I have several
trips over 800 nm, with some tail wind, burning 33-35 gallons. Â*The
owner of the first wet wing airplane has one trip of 1,540 nm on 65
gallons.
Â* Â* Â*I just passed 1,550 hours in my airplane, N99GE, using it
primarily for business trips, many matching your profile. Â*I average
about 7.5 gallons per hour, switch on to switch off. Â*I routinely
operate off a grass strip.
Â* Â* Â*The panel is big enough to put in about anything you want or can
afford. Â*Our EFIS 1200 has been popular. Â*We are currently fitting up
the first airplane with Precise Flight speed brakes, which been a
perfect fit. Â*We are testing an affordable laser horizon line, like
the SR-71 used to have. Â*I am now flying with our new plenum chamber
for engine cooling, which is working almost too well, giving CHTs in
the low 300s. Â*Autopilots are optional.

Denny Funnemark
Team Tango

This looks like a great plane and well within my idea of a reasonable
budget with full IFR avionics installed. Reading your review really
piqued my interest; I grew up in San Antonio, TX, within sight
distance of the flight patterns for Randolph AFB where the T-38s flew
while I was growing up. I loved watching them fly and while I will
never get to fly a T-38/F-5 the fact that someone who has thinks so
highly of this plane definitely makes me interested in the Tango 2.