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this weekend I flew about 80 plus miles – does that sound like a lot for a 103UL
On Saturday I flew from Cartersville to Calhoun that’s about 20nm and returned total 40miles, then Sunday (today) I flew from Cartersville to Rome that’s about 22nm and returned. That’s in Georgia. There are not many airports in this area. I spent the winter near Orlando,FL where the airports are everywhere from 3 miles to 10 miles between them. Note I’m flying Rev 103UL. How far do you fly?
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That’s great Peter. Did you have to refuel at Calhoun or Rome? GE05 (our field) is only one more hop past Rome!
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I didn’t have too, but I did top it up. I used less than 2gallons for each trip. Averaged about 50mins. I estimate I could fly for 2hours safely and 10 – 15mins more if I needed too. Gibson is 18nm from Rome. So in theory I could fly without stopping at Rome to reach GE05
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Last flight I flew 70 nm(80 mi) on a triangle with around 30 minutes of meandering a river on 5.5 gal. cruising 55 mph. 118 minutes flight time and still had 2 gal. useable in the tank (7.5 usable fuel tank) good for a 447 Pacer. DA was 5k so my rpm was a couple of hundred above normal. I love my 503 trike but it’s thirsty and only has a 5 gal. usuable fuel tank so I limit my hops to 60 miles with it on XC flights. I’m building a new chariot for the 503 with more storage and fuel for XC it’s done I just need to dissasimble it for painting and install the engine.
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I’m building up to do a triangle between the airports I visited this weekend. I still have another airport that is about the same distance that I want to visit first. then when the wind is blowing the right way I’ll do the triangle flight.
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