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Post subject: Re: Cub vs Air Cam on Floats Posted: 11 May 2020, 00:35 |
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Username Protected wrote: Husky? looks like a Super Cub still in production.
have .7 in a Husky- it was cool. Yes, very much still in production. Fantastic airplane and a FANTASTIC float plane!
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Post subject: Re: Cub vs Air Cam on Floats Posted: 11 May 2020, 00:38 |
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Username Protected wrote: Stick with a cub. The air cam is more of a toy, it’s more comparable to an ultralight. Fly a cub and a husky side by side and you won’t consider a husky anymore. If you want a newer model the Top Cub on wip 2100’s is a great plane. I just acquired one for a client who does instruction in it on Lake Tahoe at 6000’ with DA up to 9000-10000’ it’s still a screamer. Nothing compares to a cub for fun flying. Wow, having owned both Super Cub and Husky’s I strongly disagree. I MUCH prefer the Husky over the Super Cub. Super Cubs are great airplanes but Husky’s especially on floats are better all around airplane.
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Post subject: Re: Cub vs Air Cam on Floats Posted: 11 May 2020, 00:48 |
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Username Protected wrote: I'm leaning toward a husky, 200hp, and amphibs. I don't need to take off or land in 600', but being able to do my "milk run" of 360 miles at 110-120kts makes it more appealing. now I just need to find one. seems like the market is inflated right now. The 200hp Husky is nose heavy compared to the 180hp Husky. On amphib floats the 200 is really nose heavy. I would stick to the 180hp Husky for floats, great performance. The extra 20 hp of the 200 is offset by the extra weight.
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Post subject: Re: Cub vs Air Cam on Floats Posted: 17 May 2020, 17:25 |
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Joined: 01/18/13 Posts: 717 Post Likes: +566 Location: Tampa, FL
Aircraft: 2020 Gamebird GB1
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I’d like to add this information to the debate.
Having only owned the airplane for a little over 3 months, I am a bit smarter how to operate these Rotax engines. They like to be run hard, very hard. It turns out that I was running them at a much lower % horsepower than other owners.
The chart below is for the 912ULS with a constant speed propeller, and I have fixed carbon fiber Whirlwind props, but I think the RPMs and % horsepower would be similar.
I have been running at 4200-4400 rpm, which is about 55% hp, that’s why I was seeing about 70 mph or less. Yesterday I flew at 4500-4800 rpm and got a pretty solid 80 mph, close to 100 mph Ground speed with a tailwind. But these speeds were at 4500’ and 6500’, which is nosebleed altitudes for AirCams. But if you’re going cross country, you would definitely climb to higher altitudes to take advantage of winds, cool and smooth air.
Obviously the higher RPMs consume more fuel. At 4300 RPM you can cruise at less than 6 gallons/hr combined, the higher RPMs look to be closer to 8 gallons/hr. With 28 gallons total the legs are not that long.
Butch
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