Hi All-
This is a word problem for anyone with an RV-10 similar to N402RH, Rob Hickman's from Advanced Flight Systems. (Rob, if you read this, you can answer too.) RV-10 with good paint & interior and AFS glass panel, servos, ADAHRS, etc. but not built-in O2 (I have portable for those few times...) and the 2800 lb Gross Weight:
I'm pounding away on the tailcone, still worrying about future W&B and performance etc., and got the epiphany to just ask those who have gone before, if the RV-10 will actually make my mission. (Yep, should have done this before rivet #1.)
I want to put the following weights in the cabin (no big & tall jokes, please), add maybe 100 pounds of weekend junk, and fly not more than two hours with a 45-60 minute IFR reserve at the magic 170 kts, using the typical IO-540DA45. If prop makes a difference, tell me.
Pilot (me): 220, in clothes, my winter weight.
Front pax: 190, wonderful mom, great cook!
Rear right: weighing in at 320, our friend Bob (not his real name), 6'5" of former college football linebacker and world-class deer hunter.
Rear left: his demure sweetheart of a paltry 140 lbs, fully clothed, with handbag.
Given 3 hours of total fuel (11 gph?), CAN IT BE DONE? If not, how much gas after those people? How much left over for baggage junk? CG issues?
Please tell me your real-life stories: W&B, speed, fuel load, reserve, bags, etc. If you have actual numbers, graphs, charts, calaculators, pictures, video or hairy/scary war stories, please tell me. If impossible, say so. This is my worst-case mission, and not just me & the Mrs and two middle-schoolers going to OSH with a tent and a camp stove which should also happen.
Thanks,
-Scott
Columbia, SC
This is a word problem for anyone with an RV-10 similar to N402RH, Rob Hickman's from Advanced Flight Systems. (Rob, if you read this, you can answer too.) RV-10 with good paint & interior and AFS glass panel, servos, ADAHRS, etc. but not built-in O2 (I have portable for those few times...) and the 2800 lb Gross Weight:
I'm pounding away on the tailcone, still worrying about future W&B and performance etc., and got the epiphany to just ask those who have gone before, if the RV-10 will actually make my mission. (Yep, should have done this before rivet #1.)
I want to put the following weights in the cabin (no big & tall jokes, please), add maybe 100 pounds of weekend junk, and fly not more than two hours with a 45-60 minute IFR reserve at the magic 170 kts, using the typical IO-540DA45. If prop makes a difference, tell me.
Pilot (me): 220, in clothes, my winter weight.
Front pax: 190, wonderful mom, great cook!
Rear right: weighing in at 320, our friend Bob (not his real name), 6'5" of former college football linebacker and world-class deer hunter.
Rear left: his demure sweetheart of a paltry 140 lbs, fully clothed, with handbag.
Given 3 hours of total fuel (11 gph?), CAN IT BE DONE? If not, how much gas after those people? How much left over for baggage junk? CG issues?
Please tell me your real-life stories: W&B, speed, fuel load, reserve, bags, etc. If you have actual numbers, graphs, charts, calaculators, pictures, video or hairy/scary war stories, please tell me. If impossible, say so. This is my worst-case mission, and not just me & the Mrs and two middle-schoolers going to OSH with a tent and a camp stove which should also happen.
Thanks,
-Scott
Columbia, SC