Just rolled in:
Track progress:
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...B8VZYCPOsls6EN
Kinda cool, if you click a + next to check in you can get neat info.
eric
Just rolled in:
Track progress:
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...B8VZYCPOsls6EN
Kinda cool, if you click a + next to check in you can get neat info.
eric
Last edited by ClickClickBoom; 06-06-2012 at 11:13 PM.
Congrats Click...always great when a plan comes together.
The Spot system is a great little tool and fun to follow, not to mention the "comfort" it can bring to loved ones and friends having that real-time information.
Dan
Dan B
Mesa, AZ
Nice one.
So, do you like her? Anything you want to change?
Kitfox 4 (1050)
912UL
Based in UK
Preliminary stats:
Fuel 58.6 Gals
Flight time: 19.22hrs
Time spent at altitude was expensive in fuel burn, lots of time at max power, cruise over the flats was most economical at around 4500 MSL. I chose the altitude based upon a couple of factors, obstacle clearance(duh), and OAT. The Midwest was smokin hot and the inner mountain west was freezing cold. From Wyoming to 1C9 I had the heater going above 4500MSL, and was still cold. I haven't been that cold since the ski years.
On a side note, while driving my car home, I kept trying to "center the ball" with my left foot and clutch, due to the crown on the road.
I am still dehydrated from all that time at altitude, I put down more than a gal of H2O in the last 12 hours and have had little output, Hmmmmm.
I must confess the Foreflight app was dead on within a few minutes of the actual flight time and fuel burn was within 1/2 gal, all based on estimated winds aloft preflight. If I were to say anything, having the iPad with a bluetooth GPS unit was as close to having a FMS onboard, and infact if one had the 4G unit with the bluetooth GPS and real time WX avail it would be almost as good as ADS-B, a whole lot cheaper too!
I will say doing the Rockies, Wasatch and Sierra mountain ranges in one day was quite a hat trick in a 560 lb plane.....
Last edited by ClickClickBoom; 06-07-2012 at 11:42 AM.
A quick video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLlQMUzfVrA
That was good, Click... looks more like "Highway to Heaven" though!
John Evens
Arvada, CO
Kitfox SS7 N27JE
EAA Lifetime
Chap. 43 honorary Lifetime
Nice painting seems same as me. Madrid red from Stewart Systems ?
Eric,
Great report. That should make it real clear the Kitfox is a fine cross country machine with a phenomenal view!
Keep us informed about your adventures.
PS - I found that after closing up the pneumonia holes in various places (like around the turtledeck flaperon cutouts and wing roots) the cabin stays comfortable even down to zero F. OAT.
Sincerely,
Dave S
KF7 trigear
912ULS Warp