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They certainly are! I have made the flight from Richmond, VA to Melbourne  4 times in the last year or so. I stop at Barnwell (KBNL)on the way down and back as they have mogas 93. I land at x59 as there is no landing fee and parking tie down is $5.45 a night. My daughter has an Airbnb in Satellite Beach. Will be back there in late June early July.

I flew to 8NC8 today near Raleigh they are having a vintage aircraft fly in today and tomorrow. Really nice folks. 

Ken 

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I turned 13 in Hendersonville - made homemade icecream.  What do you find is a realistic cruise speed?  I see 115 kts listed but I usually run around 103.  Please share RPM/ MP settings to achieve   What year is your CTLS?

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1 hour ago, EricB said:

I turned 13 in Hendersonville - made homemade icecream.  What do you find is a realistic cruise speed?  I see 115 kts listed but I usually run around 103.  Please share RPM/ MP settings to achieve   What year is your CTLS?

My SW doesn’t seem as fast as others, but I usually shoot for 4.9-5.0 gallons per hour which is about 5100-5200 rpm. This gives me about 107 knots depending on altitude. At 5500 rpm, I get about 117 knots. These are true airspeeds. I know some of the guys can beat me by 10 knots!

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On 5/12/2023 at 8:05 PM, Bill3558 said:

With E-Prop I’m seeing 115 knots at 5000 rpm.  120 knots plus at 5300.
Thats with Tundra gear. 
 

Sounds about right...I'm seeing 125kt+ in level flight indicated with the small wheels at 5300-5400rpm.

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On 5/10/2023 at 4:58 PM, Towner said:

My SW doesn’t seem as fast as others, but I usually shoot for 4.9-5.0 gallons per hour which is about 5100-5200 rpm. This gives me about 107 knots depending on altitude. At 5500 rpm, I get about 117 knots. These are true airspeeds. I know some of the guys can beat me by 10 knots!

I think if you have a Neuform prop and tundra gear that is pretty normal performance.  You didn't mention your altitude, you should get your best TAS around 7000-8000ft MSL, that's where the power vs. drag curve is most advantageous for normally aspirated engines.

If you want to try to get more check your rigging, if your control surfaces are not properly rigged it will slow you down.  Also check to see if you have the updated nose wheel pant -- I know they redesigned that at some point because the old pant had a tendency to weathervane and create drag and sometimes unexpected yaw. If you have to hold a little right rudder in that you can't trim out, you might have the older wheel pant design. 

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43 minutes ago, FlyingMonkey said:

I think if you have a Neuform prop and tundra gear that is pretty normal performance.  You didn't mention your altitude, you should get your best TAS around 7000-8000ft MSL, that's where the power vs. drag curve is most advantageous for normally aspirated engines.

If you want to try to get more check your rigging, if your control surfaces are not properly rigged it will slow you down.  Also check to see if you have the updated nose wheel pant -- I know they redesigned that at some point because the old pant had a tendency to weathervane and create drag and sometimes unexpected yaw. If you have to hold a little right rudder in that you can't trim out, you might have the older wheel pant design. 

I believe I checked my airspeed for 5500 rpm at 6500 ft. Not sure what the actual density altitude was, but around here, probably over 6500 feet most of the year. I don’t remember what altitude I checked the speed at the lower rpm, but probably similar. My airspeed indicator is very optimistic, so I used gps and a 4 direction average.

I don’t have tundra gear, but I do believe I have the old nose wheel pant. How do I tell for sure? I think there is supposed to be an obvious visual difference, but not sure what that is. I think the newer one has a fin at the back, but that may just be for the LS.

I keep saying I’m gonna check the rigging, just haven’t done it!

While I would love to pick up another 10-15 knots , the plane is giving me about what I expected when I bought it. Speed is Kinda like the e-prop; would really like to have, just can’t justify spending money on it (my wife won’t let me). If there is stuff like rigging that can be done, I will eventually get to it, but I’m not expecting a big increase in speed.

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I think only the tundra gear had issues with the front pant.  The very early SWs with small wheels had very tiny pants that got more teardrop shaped in 2006 (IIRC), but neither design had any issues on the small wheels as far as I know.  I suppose the later teardrop is lower drag, but probably not enough to lose sleep over.

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