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Post subject: Re: FS: 1981 Colemill President II B55  Posted: 05 Jan 2022, 18:40 |
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Totally agree. This is what I’d buy if I didn’t already own mine. Of course I spent 3 years getting mine completely upgraded (1 year just in the avionics shop….terrible experience). Somebody is going to get luckier than they deserve to be
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Post subject: Re: FS: 1981 Colemill President II B55 Posted: 06 Jan 2022, 18:51 |
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If I could marry it and have little B55 babies, I'd be in heaven.
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Post subject: Re: FS: 1981 Colemill President II B55 Posted: 06 Jan 2022, 20:01 |
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Joined: 09/03/10
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Aircraft: Colemill PII B55
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No sir, I just use a portable bottle. The built-in bottle takes up a good bit of the nose baggage area. I only use it about twice per year anyway. My panel took about 2.5 months at Freedom Aviation in Lynchburg, VA. He cut the panel on site. Username Protected wrote: Alan,
Is there O2 built in? Let me know if the prior poster was serious please.
Thanks
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Post subject: Re: FS: 1981 Colemill President II B55 Posted: 07 Jan 2022, 14:08 |
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Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Username Protected wrote: Holy smokes!
What an airplane!
What a panel!
I remember flying in a similar Colemill 55, doing single-engine work and climbing at close to 1,000 feet per minute.
- Martin Ready for a twin? A CID partnership? 
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Post subject: Re: FS: 1981 Colemill President II B55 Posted: 07 Jan 2022, 15:35 |
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Username Protected wrote: P 2’s are very fast, I test flew my 1962 A55 P2 for the first time since a 90,000 annual.
Breaking in new engines at 3,500 AGL , IAS was 192 KTS and TAS at 3500 was 205KTS.
ROC was 3,000 FPM INITIALLY. I may sell it in the near future. What were your power settings? Typically, during engine break in power settings are quite a bit higher than normal cruise power. Have you established what the TAS is at normal cruise power settings at 7,000 or 8,000'? I'm curious how that compares to the 3 IO470 Baron's I have owned.
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Post subject: Re: FS: 1981 Colemill President II B55 Posted: 07 Jan 2022, 19:43 |
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Location: Concord , CA (KCCR)
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Username Protected wrote: P 2’s are very fast, I test flew my 1962 A55 P2 for the first time since a 90,000 annual.
Breaking in new engines at 3,500 AGL , IAS was 192 KTS and TAS at 3500 was 205KTS.
ROC was 3,000 FPM INITIALLY. I may sell it in the near future. What were your power settings? Typically, during engine break in power settings are quite a bit higher than normal cruise power. Have you established what the TAS is at normal cruise power settings at 7,000 or 8,000'? I'm curious how that compares to the 3 IO470 Baron's I have owned.
With the old high time engines, max cruise at 7500 was 210 KTS in the winter, a little less when it’s warm. With the new engines it should be more, I am not there yet.
With the old engines I could cruise 198 to 202 depending on weight and temp at 12,500.
With 12 GPH PER SIDE ROP. New engines should increase those numbers.
After the engines are broken in I will have more data and pictures.
Also this is a clean wing with VG’S and a light weight airframe.
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Post subject: Re: FS: 1981 Colemill President II B55 Posted: 07 Jan 2022, 20:19 |
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Username Protected wrote:
With the old engines I could cruise 198 to 202 depending on weight and temp at 12,500.
With 12 GPH PER SIDE ROP.
Typo?
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Post subject: Re: FS: 1981 Colemill President II B55 Posted: 07 Jan 2022, 20:22 |
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Joined: 03/02/12
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Location: Birmingham, AL
Aircraft: B55 President 2
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Username Protected wrote: P 2’s are very fast, I test flew my 1962 A55 P2 for the first time since a 90,000 annual.
Breaking in new engines at 3,500 AGL , IAS was 192 KTS and TAS at 3500 was 205KTS.
ROC was 3,000 FPM INITIALLY. I may sell it in the near future. What were your power settings? Typically, during engine break in power settings are quite a bit higher than normal cruise power. Have you established what the TAS is at normal cruise power settings at 7,000 or 8,000'? I'm curious how that compares to the 3 IO470 Baron's I have owned.
The P2’s aren’t significantly faster than the 470’s down low but up high they’ll hold speed well. We have a “slow” P2 and still true 190ktas at 13k and 180ktas up at 17k. Also climb performance is impressive even at gross weight.
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Post subject: Re: FS: 1981 Colemill President II B55 Posted: 07 Jan 2022, 23:24 |
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Location: Concord , CA (KCCR)
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Username Protected wrote: Wow, what an airplane! I would love my PII to be equipped like this one day! Spectacular! I know, the skeptics won’t believe it until I post pictures. With old engines and the right one shut down at 10,500. With the old panel. Last picture at 12,500 with high time engines.] After breaking the engines in I will get new data at 12,500
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Post subject: Re: FS: 1981 Colemill President II B55 Posted: 07 Jan 2022, 23:48 |
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Location: Concord , CA (KCCR)
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Better picture Attachment: 94950C27-0379-4F00-80AA-3B3EBE324A9D.jpeg TAS 204 KTS..
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