200 Knot (GS) Club

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200 Knot (GS) Club

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Finally, got my 2003 DA40 over 200kt, at least over the ground, on a recent Angel Flight. 50kt+ tailwind at 9000 using WOT/2450 rpm and 10.5gph.
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Re: 200 Knot (GS) Club

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congrats. based on the EGT show you are flying super rich, btw.

I'm hoping to join the 300 knt some day in the flight levels in my "new" Columbia 400. I think I got up to only 180 or so in my 2002 DA 40.

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So close...
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Re: 200 Knot (GS) Club

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last year
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KMFR-KAPA 12/06/2021 non-stop flight.
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Re: 200 Knot (GS) Club

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850nm non stop!?

How? 50 gal tanks + LOP + crazy tailwinds? VFR?
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Re: 200 Knot (GS) Club

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835nm. I currently show a 35kt tailwind at 15,500 and a 53 gallon fuel burn. Seems possible to luck out, run lean of peak, and make it just fine. There are a bunch of options if you are stopping short of the goal.
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Re: 200 Knot (GS) Club

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I finally got the flight uploaded to the reports section. The file was too large to upload. The G1000 data saved every second so I just removed every other row from the data to get a 2 second spread. I flew most of the flight IFR as MFR was 200 1/2 when took off. The cloud deck only lasted 1000' feet then I was in the clear the rest of the flight. I took off a few hours prior to the PA32 that crashed right after takeoff on 12/5.

I have 50 gallon tanks and I flew LOP. The GPH were in the mid to high 6's.

The tailwinds were great but once I was East of SLC there were 4 times I had to tun off the autopilot and quickly lower the nose or the autopilot would have stalled the plane. The wave action was very strong and I had to get a block altitude 130-150. Each down wave took 500-800 feet of altitude to maintain flying speed.
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