Recommended 75% cruise vs max 92% cruise
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Re: Recommended 75% cruise vs max 92% cruise
At 9.5k our Lycoming DA40 was often doing 138kts on 9.8gph. Obviously more, but at the time it felt so much better than what friends were getting in their Cirrus and Cessna birds.
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Re: Recommended 75% cruise vs max 92% cruise
In econo cruise, i can do 8 gph at 5-7k pretty easily. The book numbers work!
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Re: Recommended 75% cruise vs max 92% cruise
When I was looking to buy my NG, I looked at some planes being brokered by Lifestyle that had about 600 hours on new engines. I.e., about 2,400 hours total. If I recall correctly, I was told the overall cost and engine cost were comparable- about $35,000.
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Re: Recommended 75% cruise vs max 92% cruise
The difference I think is you can just replace a cylinder in a IO360. I don’t think you can do that in an Astro? It seems like an all or nothing affair.