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Old 08-03-2005 | 02:57 PM
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Default RE: Engine Performance is based off location

ORIGINAL: w8ye

Very good. I've been considering this but it is only 1000 ft where I'm at. Humidity is terrible.

jim

That can bite you also on one of those hot days. Performance could be great up until around 11am when it starts getting hot and humid, you could be pushing 3000ft DA. Were a bit fortunate here. Although were at 5000ft, we still can add on some DA but are overall daily humidity is very low. ON any given day, we can tack on an extra 1500-2000ft but if we were out east or northwest could be quite a hit.


One thing that bugs me also happen to me several years ago when I started. I bought the tower combo with a 40 la. Where I'm at, the engine was performing more like a weak .30. The back end of that plane was constantly hanging down on the verge or a stall. Some of you may notice that all my planes are overpowered, this is why.