[Shotimes] Daytona 500 & NASCAR HP

[Mike]

That cd is a hell of a lot lower than that of my old Champ; its 80 horse
Continental was really puffing to hit 100 in it.  You're clearly out of
ultralight territory; what do you have?
Mike




> It's probably all in the cd of your airplane, which I would guess is very
low...which is why you can go 200mph with only 78 lpft.
>
> Do you know what the cd of your plane is?
>
> Michael
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: av8r567@optonline.net
> Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 5:45 pm
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Daytona 500 & NASCAR HP
>
> > My 1400-lb airplane cruises at 200+mph with an 74 cu. in engine
> > that puts out 74-hp and 78 lb-ft both at 5000rpm.  It also sips
> > 5.7 gals/hr of 100 octane Low-Lead avgas.  NJ to Florida in 6 hrs
> > NON-stop - you can't do that in a Z06 or Nascrap car.