Originally Posted by Russ_Anderson
To the sparrowhawk owners here, are the numbers advertised as "Climb 1,100ft/min; cruise 105-110 knots" optomistic?

1100'/min would sure be nice for normal climb. 110 Kts wouldn't be horrible either.


I don't see 1100'/min climb more like 700 to 800 on a warm summer day (going to Clinton)
My cruise speed at 3500' and 2500 rpm was just shy of 110kts but I burned an average of 7 gph fuel.

Ron Stewart
N5282B
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