eschrom
Well-Known Member
I've received many compliments about how good the Sonerai sounds but this one's the best so far...
Yesterday I took a leisurely flight around the area and when it came time to head home I was on the opposite side of the class D airspace near my home field. So I went up to 3500' to get over it, then practically dove to my field's TPA of 1500', entering upwind while still 500' high and doing about 160 mph. The throttle was at my "low cruise" setting of 22" MAP but being back driven by the dive the VW was humming along quite nicely. The crosswind and downwind turns came in rapid succession. Finally down to TPA, the slowing began on downwind, and base leg and final were more or less normal. (The landing, since there were no witnesses, was pretty good.)
Now at my airport there is a group of hangar flyers ranging in age from low 80s to low 90s who don't get excited about much. You know the guys I'm talking about. They might become a bit animated about the day's political news but if Marine Corps 1 landed on the hangar roof I don't think they'd stir from their seats.
After the flight as I was cleaning off the bugs one of them drove over to my hangar (they don't walk anywhere) and asked, "what was your RPM when you flew over?" I told him I honestly didn't know because the Tiny Tach is broken and he said, "man, we all ran outside to have a look. We thought it was a P-38!"
Best flight I've had in a while.
Ed
Yesterday I took a leisurely flight around the area and when it came time to head home I was on the opposite side of the class D airspace near my home field. So I went up to 3500' to get over it, then practically dove to my field's TPA of 1500', entering upwind while still 500' high and doing about 160 mph. The throttle was at my "low cruise" setting of 22" MAP but being back driven by the dive the VW was humming along quite nicely. The crosswind and downwind turns came in rapid succession. Finally down to TPA, the slowing began on downwind, and base leg and final were more or less normal. (The landing, since there were no witnesses, was pretty good.)
Now at my airport there is a group of hangar flyers ranging in age from low 80s to low 90s who don't get excited about much. You know the guys I'm talking about. They might become a bit animated about the day's political news but if Marine Corps 1 landed on the hangar roof I don't think they'd stir from their seats.
After the flight as I was cleaning off the bugs one of them drove over to my hangar (they don't walk anywhere) and asked, "what was your RPM when you flew over?" I told him I honestly didn't know because the Tiny Tach is broken and he said, "man, we all ran outside to have a look. We thought it was a P-38!"
Best flight I've had in a while.
Ed