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Offline Bodhi

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« Reply #15 on: April 30, 2004, 10:39:14 AM »
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Lucky Bastig Bodhi,

Can someone say Dream Job :D

let see 290 hours in a T6 at 50gals per hour, at 2.50 a gal. = $36,250.00  I'm green with envy. :D


I pay about $1.95 a gallon mars, and to top it off, I lean her back so that cruise gets a bit better than 50 / hr.
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« Reply #16 on: April 30, 2004, 10:43:35 AM »
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Bodhi,

I always wanted to know how come nobody ever did any real life testing in their warbirds.

Like climb, speed or roll test.

I know of a test done in 1989 by a group of test pilots (SETP) that was well documented but I have never heard of any private pilots doing this.

I know there are self imposed restrictions on MAP and other structural limits followed because the A/C are so old but I sure would like to see someone ring out a couple of those old birds.


F4u,

thats is because 99% of the warbirds flying are not like the originals.  ie most of the wartime equipment is stripped and the armor replaced with aluminum to save on weight.  Top that off with the fact that most of the Corsairs flying do not use the original -18w or the -8w and you have a problem.... the tests would reflect innaccurate data.  There is a small movement within the community that I am a part of, called "total compliance" and it's doctrine is 100% authentic unless a safety of flight issue.  That said, there are about 10 people that can afford to do it this way.  Thankfully I am working with one of those people.
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« Reply #17 on: April 30, 2004, 10:48:29 AM »
How many gals/ph can you get it dialed down to?

yeah, I'm in Southern New England, I think were up to 2.65 +/- 10 or 20 cents depending on where you go.

A guy had a nice T6 at my last FBO.  I thought man what cool plane to own until I found out what it burned.  It's a rich mans plane.:D
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« Reply #18 on: April 30, 2004, 11:01:52 AM »
Can the T-6 fly inverted for long?
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« Reply #19 on: April 30, 2004, 12:50:19 PM »
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Can the T-6 fly inverted for long?


We can do clover leafs all day long until we turn blue in the face, but if you hang the aircraft upside down for long, the fuel will be cut off as the tanks are not equipped to take in fuel at the sump while upside down in negative g's... that said, just keep it positive and you can do anything, including beautiful snap rolls, which are not recommended in a 51.  The one thing I do not like about the T6 is the spin, it's lethal below 6k.  The "6" is a true ball buster and will defintiely keep you honest as it was designed to be difficult so that when our pilots jumped into the fighters, they would be easier to fly, and they would be experienced in supposedly anything that might come along.
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« Reply #20 on: April 30, 2004, 12:50:52 PM »
mars, I had the exact same thought about owning an A-1K Skyraider, a Sharps rifle, and the Huey a local guy has for sale. Sure, it'd be all fine and dandy to have all this killer stuff, but the paycheck hits would be murder! That A-1K gets around 180 gals/hr in cruise, the Sharps needs $100 for every 20 rounds of ammo, and the Huey? DEAR GOD! If you average it out, it costs nearly 5 grand an hour to run that thing! I'll stick to paying for a short hop in a Piper, chunking down $5 for 100 rounds of .22 LR, and Hueys are something I'll only touch in a flight sim.



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« Reply #21 on: April 30, 2004, 03:28:04 PM »
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How many gals/ph can you get it dialed down to?

yeah, I'm in Southern New England, I think were up to 2.65 +/- 10 or 20 cents depending on where you go.

A guy had a nice T6 at my last FBO.  I thought man what cool plane to own until I found out what it burned.  It's a rich mans plane.:D


economical cruise we can squeeze out about 22-26 gph
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« Reply #22 on: April 30, 2004, 04:00:40 PM »
Hey mars ... we need to make a roadtrip to Colorado ... :D
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« Reply #23 on: April 30, 2004, 04:14:33 PM »
Hell Yeah!!:aok   I'm in.:D
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« Reply #24 on: April 30, 2004, 04:36:41 PM »
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but are you mental healthy?


Ask my shrink, I bribe him well enough to give you a positive reply :)
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« Reply #25 on: April 30, 2004, 04:38:22 PM »
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Hell Yeah!!:aok   I'm in.:D


Southern New England? What part, I'm from Newport
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« Reply #26 on: April 30, 2004, 05:10:06 PM »
I'm in CT.
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« Reply #27 on: April 30, 2004, 08:21:35 PM »
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Hey mars ... we need to make a roadtrip to Colorado ... :D


You guys will always be welcome
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