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Heading to test fly a PA-12

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Re: Heading to test fly a PA-12

asa wrote:That picture of the panel you posted shows you doing 110mph indicated at 8700ft. That's nearly 130mph true airspeed... is that right??? That's a quick PA12.


I’m not sure how accurate that is. When we weren’t getting much of a push at like 6k I was showing about 105-110 mph over the ground. And that was running at 2400-2500 (before I read about the restricted rpm range).
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