BeechTalk - BT - Lancair IV-p

Username Protected · **Posted:** 31 Jul 2016, 19:47

Take some video. What are power settings, FF, and CHTs like?

Rocket!

Username Protected · **Posted:** 31 Jul 2016, 21:50

Username Protected wrote:

Survived OSH and flew to Maine, cracked 300kts GS

Gosh, Mike, that's a bit of a come-down from your personal jet days when passing 400 knots groundspeed was routine and people only made note of hitting 500 knots or more

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But I do like your new plane and I hope you enjoy it. Congratulations!

Ken

Username Protected · **Posted:** 31 Jul 2016, 22:16

Seriously, the Lancair beat the Eclipse to Oshkosh due to missing the fuel stop. Burned 65 gallons total, not per hour. I bought some LED lights for $208 and I vaguely remember my Eclipse LED was $5000 for one, no life extension either! Upgrade I think.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 31 Jul 2016, 23:06

Username Protected wrote:

no life extension either

Hey, congratulations; I'm glad you found your niche.

On the life extension, you may have missed the boat by parting out when you did. There are now approved ADS-B installations in the Avidyne Eclipse aircraft, and the newly-announced "Canada" Eclipse has no tip tanks at all, so how could anybody complain about the early Eclipse aircraft with smaller-than-normal tip tanks getting life extension? :scratch:

Ken

Username Protected · **Posted:** 31 Jul 2016, 23:28

Maine is great it's the people and experiences not the brand of airplane

Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Aug 2016, 07:57

Saw your plane at OSH. Really beautiful!

Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Aug 2016, 09:51

So if one was looking to acquire a IV-P such as yours, what are the things that you would look for to assist in your acquisition? How do you separate the wheat from the chaff on the ones that are for sale?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Aug 2016, 17:13

Username Protected wrote:

Saw your plane at OSH. Really beautiful!

Thank you!

Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Aug 2016, 17:15

Username Protected wrote:

So if one was looking to acquire a IV-P such as yours, what are the things that you would look for to assist in your acquisition? How do you separate the wheat from the chaff on the ones that are for sale?

I'd start with the history of the builder and then look at the build log then check out the appearance, there are very few pretty homebuilts that are internally junk.

I think there's a lot of junk out there too.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Aug 2016, 18:20

Did the guy over here in Milan, TN build a lot of the IV-Ps? He is just about a 20min flight from me.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Aug 2016, 19:02

Lancair genius , he is going to install my ac

Username Protected · **Posted:** 02 Aug 2016, 15:31

what part of maine, thinking about going there in a couple of weeks

Username Protected · **Posted:** 03 Aug 2016, 21:58

I was up in Machias Maine, side trip to Bar Harbor and Bangor , awesome state, stopped in the Vineyard for lunch and in Wilmington NC now!

Still loving this airplane

Username Protected · **Posted:** 04 Aug 2016, 16:31

Big shout out to Chris and Andrew at Wilmington NC Aviation, my brakes were dragging and we replaced all 8 pads and bled them for not much over $200. My last Eclipse brake job estimate was around $10k.

We are home safe and other than the small brake issue, the plane performed exceptionally well. Over 3,000 miles travelled in 7 days. The plane burned 236 gallons on this trip, it's an efficient bird.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 04 Aug 2016, 17:50

That's the Lancair dream right there. Fast, pressurized and economical.