Originally Posted by
FlimsyFan
It’s not a bad article. I’m definitely not brave enough to take sides in this argument, but 110-120 at MCP with 2 POB seems quite a way off a claimed 125+ at MAUW?
The performance described in this article would be on par with the performance of our R66, but with less endurance.
At what altitude, IAS or TAS?
Midland Texas is some 2,600’ AMSL and El Paso 3,500+ so what was the cruise altitude? The report gives a 100F temperature on departure from Midland so they are challenging temperatures and altitudes which may push the TAS out to the claimed 125kts true.