Roland,
12AY has a trigear speed kit, has a fairly smooth finish, a stock 914 early
version with the old TCU (at the time), no intercooler or modifications.
Equipped with OAT, Fuel Flow, Fuel pressure, MP, EGT and the standard press
ure and temp instruments, I am pretty sure of the
Any club of a prop on a 914 will go to 20,000 and hold altitude at 5000 RPM
. Even at very high OATs I tested at in Florida in July of 2015.
Back with my old TCU and carbs with some carb problems I did the following
with a 64 inch Warp Drive:
At my 100% stop at 31 inches and 5500 RPM I indicated at 18K 118KIAS and ab
out 160 KTAS with a warp drive FF 6.7.
Pulled back to 5000 RPM and 28 inches I indicated 105 at 140KTAS FF in the
6.2 range.
Fuel flows you give are suspect. The fact you have no Fuel Pressure, OAT an
d MP reported, I believe you should make sure your engine is doing as adver
tised.
If I can maintain 100 KIAS up to 18K with 4800 and 28 inches, (I=92ve done
it a few times loafing around) I suspect your plane should also. The Whirl
wind and Sensenich blades are better than the Warp Drives but as I said abo
ve, any club of a prop can do 20,000.
Regards,
Bud Yerly
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Subject: Europa-List: Europa Trigear with Rotax 914 running out of steam at
FL200?
Hi Europa Folks,
maybe some of you (especially in the US?) with a Rotax 914-powered Trigear
can help me evaluate the high altitude performance of my bird.
It is an XS TG 914 (no Intercooler) with Airmaster CS-prop. On two flights
yesterday (DA around 20.000 ft - ISA+10=C2=B0C) at a mass of around 560kg (
1235lbs) my Europa did 105KIAS at WOT and 5500RPM (I have no MP-gauge). Alt
hough still climbing with around 500FPM at 75KIAS I instantly loose altitud
e when transiting to Level flight and handling feels quite a bit "spongy".
Erich Trombley posted a picture of his EFIS schowing 126KIAS with his Mono
N28ET at a DA of 19500ft at 5310RPM.
The fuel consumption up there was only about 21 l/h (5,5 GPH), so that my a
ssumption is simply, that the 914 can't deliver the appropriate power for t
he heavier and more draggy Trigear for better performance.
At FL100 at MCP and a FF of 26 l/h (7 GPH) I see 130KIAS.
Any idea what to expect up there at FL200?
Regards
Roland
PH-ZTI
XS TG 914
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