Quoted from streffpilot

That is awesome performance, Brian!! Great job!

Just curious on your fuel burn with the 4 banger?

Fuel burn is averaging just about 4 gallons an hour right now! Very pleased with performance. Really need to loose some more poundage. That will really increase performance.
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Thank you very much, Brian!

I can't wait to get mine done........finally got some things paid off to get a little more serious about the build.

Hey Brian, How is the plane flying. Would be too cool if you could fly it to Oshkosh this year, but I know that is a loooong trip.

Quoted from bigbrixx1

Fuel burn is averaging just about 4 gallons an hour right now! Very pleased with performance. Really need to loose some more poundage. That will really increase performance.
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It seems pretty high for a 4 stroke. Do other VMAxes have the same fuel burn?

How many hours on the Bird right now?

I'm dying to see a Cockpit Video!

Hey there guys. Summer is in full swing! Lots going on here. My wife and I just returned from Eastport Maine. We had a great vacation and had incredible hospitality from fellow Buzzard Tom and his wonderful family! BTW Eastport is truly the paradise Tom says it is! Thank you Tom. It was so great meeting you and your family in person! We will be back! We very well may become residents in the very near future!
         As of this morning I have about 11 hours on the V-max all waiting gliding distance of the airport! All systems working well. Just a little massaging here and there. The air powered generator is keeping the battery’s “mostly” charged. I do spend a lot of time at lower power settings and it will drop off line” during these periods. And especially during landing. But I expected that. The carb heat system borrowed from The culver prop guys (with their generous help and permission) is working flawlessly. Even under high risk for icing condition. No indication at all of icing up. The plane could benefit from some down thrust in the engine. But not a big deal. Maybe a winter task. W & B with me in it is good. With my much lighter test pilot it was a bit nose heavy. But within CG envelope. Ricardo fuel burn is an estimate at this time under test conditions and very well may be less. When I start longer trips. I expect fuel burn to improve (and generator performance also to improve). Book states 3.5 gal hour cruise. I expect that will be very close. But with duel electronic ignition system and duel plugs per cylinder I did up to go up 2 jet sizes. Time will tell.
         Puff no way I will take her to air venture this year. It would be more of a multi day expedition than a flight for me to get her there. But you never know.  I am considering a trailer to bring her places. A week of flying at the ultralight runway does seem like fun to me😀
         I am working on a mount for my iPhone now. I also would love to get some inflight photos. July is fully booked at this time for my wife and I so I expect August at the soonest for that. Streffpilot. Keep building. One day you sit there looking at her and suddenly realize it’s time to fly! It’s an unbelievable accomplishment. Now my quote when I attempt something is “how hard can it be, I built an airplane”!😀👍
      Finally my wife and I will be at Airventure the later part of the week. So maybe we will see some of you there. Please keep in mind I have lost a lot of weight. But still have more to go!
Later guys
Not as big as I used to be Bigbrixx1
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To all:

If you have a chance to meet Brian and his wife Janet, grab it.  We had a wonderful time talking with them in the week they were here in Eastport.  We knew Brian was a fascinating fellow from following his posts in this forum.  It was very nice to meet him and find that he and Janet are wonderful warm people who took great delight in participating in so many activities in our little city.  We very much look forward to seeing them again soon.

Tom

I am hopeing to get to OSH later in the week this year too. Maybe some year Brian, streffpilot and i can fly our birds together up there

Off to get my mechanics certificate on N417BJ today!

Ye Ha!  Hopefully no snags along the way!  You definitely document your work very very well.

Bigbrixx1

The V max specifications list the stalling speed clean as 41 mph.Have you confirmed this figure?

What are your unstick,approach and full throttle speeds ?

  Thanks