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Bob - S50

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11 hours ago, Ragsf15e said:

Bob can correct me, but max chute pull speed is ~133-140 IAS depending on the model.  Above that, no guarantee.  Pretty easy to get faster than that real quick while you try to figure out what is happening.

Maximum 'demonstrated' speed is 133 KIAS but there have been successful deployments above that speed.  According to the safety guys on the COPA forum, so far, if the chute is deployed at or below that speed and above 1000' AGL, they have a 100% survival rate.

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11 hours ago, carusoam said:

Bob,

How do you like the engine in the SR22?

(my favorite part) :)

Best regards,

-a-

No complaints yet.  Fairly smooth but not as smooth as I thought it would be.  Then again, it has 2600 Hobbs hours on it but all the indicators are still good.  It did have a top overhaul several hundred hours ago though.

Even though it has a constant speed prop, the plane is really more like an overpowered C172.  No separate prop control so you essentially just work the throttle for power and mixture to optimize power/fuel economy.  When you first pull the power lever back, it has NO effect on MP, it just reduces RPM.  Once the RPM is back at 2500, THEN it starts to reduce MP but it seems to take a lot of movement before I see any reduction.  It does all that through the use of a slotted cam with both throttle and prop control cables connected to it.

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