Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Cruising speed

Actually you can exceed 138 mph in level flight under standard conditions anytime you want.... The key is the right airplane (or more precisely the right engine).
If you are flying a VW powered airplane that meets the standards you could possibly go quite a bit faster. A lot of the VW's are rated (and can produce) upwards of 80+ HP. But do to the heads cannot sustain over 40 HP. What this means is the Vh is based on the 40HP ie Max Continuous Power whereas it can sustain up to twice that for shorter periods of time.
Of course I would be keeping an eye on that Cylinder head temp gage while doing so....
;-)
John

-----Original Message-----
>From: blueriverday <blueriverday@yahoo.com>
>Sent: Mar 9, 2010 11:54 AM
>To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Cruising speed
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>Hello.
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> Is anyone here actually cruising at 138 mph with no effort, and, if
>so, is there anything other than "obedience" which keeps you from pushing it just a teeny bit faster, say...140?
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> thanks, Mark
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