End of February. Time to take Lola and the whole flight crew to Bad Vöslau, 20km south of Vienna. On that beautiful 3h trip our fly-dog Ohlala enjoyed the humm of the engines more than the view, which was after the initial climb in IMC just amazing. Lola runs so perfect these days that I almost wanted to publish the engine data with all the CHT and EGT curves...but figuered that I would bore most people with that :-)
For Twinco flyers: I usually fly 2450 rpm with 24'' in FL90, which costs roughly 8gph per side and brings a nice 160 knots true cruise (55%). This time I tried to 2450 RPM with 26'', cowl flaps open, 9.5 gph and 180 kts true (65%).
The flight was exactly 3h.
Hmm...wait:
3h * (2*9.5) = 57 gallons in total with 65% or
3.5h * (2*8) = 56 gallons with 55%.
Sweet. Saved 30minutes for nearly free.
A word about vienna taxi drivers. Don't trust them. Ensure (and I mean ensure!) that they know where they are going. On the way back we went to Schwechat since the driver denied the existence of an airport in Bad Vöslau...
A short movie from the cockpit in flight:
Some impressions:
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