I was just perusing the Kitfox site and once again I saw the claim of 160mph cruise at 16,000ft with the 914
What's the highest you guys have actually been and what was your TAS?
I was just perusing the Kitfox site and once again I saw the claim of 160mph cruise at 16,000ft with the 914
What's the highest you guys have actually been and what was your TAS?
I was indicating 130 at 11.5 once. My GPS showed 170 ground speed, but that was the huge tailwind. I never figured the "true" airspeed. Honestly I was freezing my @$&!s off wearing shorts and a t-shirt at the time. But the tailwind was too big to pass up!
Been to 12.5 myself, everything seems to slow down a bit at those altitudes, kind of nice.
Dorsal ~~^~~
Series 7 - Tri-Gear
912 ULS Warp Drive
I think once I made it over 1000 ft.
steve
slyfox
model IV 1200-flying
912uls
IVO medium in-flight
RV7A-flying
IO-360
constant speed prop
A few years ago I got my Model IV up to 14.5, and still had 200-300 fpm climb. I don't remember the airspeed, but I was solo, less than half tank of gas, the engine was 100 SMOH, and it was a cool spring morning.
Michael Meyers
KF IV
Las Vegas, NV
I had mine to right at 12000. I had posted a photo of the Advanced Flight System showing 11500, but I can't find the photo.
Paul Zimmermann
LSRM-A
Garland, Texas