Conversly, backpacker, how many hours does the engine in the R2160 have on it?
It recently got a new engine, or top overhaul or something. Don't know exactly, only we were not allowed to do aeros with it for the first 25 hours. My guestimate is that by now it's got somewhere between 100 and 300 hours or so.
Haven't had the nerves yet to pull ICO at FL55 in the aerobatics area yet to see what happens, record glide performance etc. Problem compounded by the fact that at my home airfield (Rotterdam), the CTR only extends to 3000', with the class A Schiphol TMA on top, and these sorts of stunts are generally not appreciated there. And with the end of the year looming at work, and things to do in the weekends, I've got the feeling that my flight last weekend was the last for this year.