Thank you for the offer to use your plane. Peter and I have both gone to Buzzy in Tennessee and got checked out in the CH750. I just got back from there and haven't yet flown the 750 we have here.
The information above on hours flown per day was compiled by Bob. He is stating the number of hours flown, not that they are non-stop.
That said, my 601 has the two-15-gallon-tanks option. I fly at best-economy, which is about 95 mph. At that speed I am burning about 3.5 to 4 GPH which provides almost 7 hours duration with a modest reserve. The trip did have some very long legs, by design. One need to have those long legs if you fly a different route.
You can see the accrual route we took by following the links to the larger picture collection (see the top of the blog post for the links). In the picture collection are screen shots of the route flown overall and each day.
Keep in mind we intended to fly off the beaten path into wilderness areas. Each plane had a DeLorme inReach two-way satellite tracking device so our location was known to family and friends to the nearest 10 minutes.
Without the tracking device if a plane were to go down in some of the places we flew, it would likely never be found because we were not on accepted/expected routes.
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I live on a small ranch in eastern Montana ,near North Dakota . I have a wife and 4 kids. I am an A&P and CFI. I don't own this CH750 it belongs to another rancher. I finished it for him and he wants me to test fly it and then give him some dual in it. Problem is his insurance company won't let me fly it without some time in type.
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Hello Wayne,
The information above on hours flown per day was compiled by Bob. He is stating the number of hours flown, not that they are non-stop.
That said, my 601 has the two-15-gallon-tanks option. I fly at best-economy, which is about 95 mph. At that speed I am burning about 3.5 to 4 GPH which provides almost 7 hours duration with a modest reserve. The trip did have some very long legs, by design. One need to have those long legs if you fly a different route.
You can see the accrual route we took by following the links to the larger picture collection (see the top of the blog post for the links). In the picture collection are screen shots of the route flown overall and each day.
Keep in mind we intended to fly off the beaten path into wilderness areas. Each plane had a DeLorme inReach two-way satellite tracking device so our location was known to family and friends to the nearest 10 minutes.
Without the tracking device if a plane were to go down in some of the places we flew, it would likely never be found because we were not on accepted/expected routes.
Steve
I live on a small ranch in eastern Montana ,near North Dakota . I have a wife and 4 kids. I am an A&P and CFI. I don't own this CH750 it belongs to another rancher. I finished it for him and he wants me to test fly it and then give him some dual in it. Problem is his insurance company won't let me fly it without some time in type.
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