Voodooburner
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No just 91 for a buddy of mine.you fly them 135?
No just 91 for a buddy of mine.you fly them 135?
My buddy has a 414 ram 4 with winglets. Very nice machine but 40 gallons an hour at avgas prices is $$$$$$$$$$I've only flown the 310s. B,C,D,K?
Not sure on that last one. I know it was the piggiest of the bunch. They suffer from model creep like a lot of planes. The early ones are nicer on the controls.
In the instance that I was talking about a seat belt would only have made it worse as the machine was topless. That said, I actually survived a rollover about 20 years ago because I was buckled up.Be ever conscious that a seat belt won't save you if it isn't buckled. It is SO easy to rationalize "I don't need it now, I'm not doing anything dangerous". I myself was tossed out of a backhoe. I had 1/10 of a second warning, not enough to even grab for something to hold.
I am such a chicken I don’t think I would run a topless machine. I really don’t know much about what I am doing eitherIn the instance that I was talking about a seat belt would only have made it worse as the machine was topless. That said, I actually survived a rollover about 20 years ago because I was buckled up.
40 Gallons !!! I can't afford 10 Gallons. At that rate, I'd rather have a T-28 Trojan. or a turbine Legend.My buddy has a 414 ram 4 with winglets. Very nice machine but 40 gallons an hour at avgas prices is $$$$$$$$$$
If it was turbine then likely 200 gallons or more per hour?My buddy has a 414 ram 4 with winglets. Very nice machine but 40 gallons an hour at avgas prices is $$$$$$$$$$
Jet A is considerably cheaper but you burn a lot more and the mx costs go up a lot….way lot. It is a rich mans game. Brake job is 100+k on what I fly for my jobIf it was turbine then likely 200 gallons or more per hour?
How does JetA compare to 100LL price?
no, not that bad.If it was turbine then likely 200 gallons or more per hour?
How does JetA compare to 100LL price?
Back when that happened topless loaders were mostly like that in the early’70’s here. By the time I started operating in the late’80’s most all machines had ROPS but my Great Uncle had been gone a good while by then.I am such a chicken I don’t think I would run a topless machine. I really don’t know much about what I am doing either