Speed

[Don Hickman]

Larry,

I routinely get 170 kts true above 14,000. That's running 57% power (27" and 2400). At FL180 I'm supposed to be getting 10-15 more than that, but I never do. Maybe I need some of that Slick 50 on my boots!

Today I flew to Atlanta and got 170 at 16,000 and 165 coming back at 12,000. Tailwind going down so groundspeed was good but headwind on the return so 150 groundspeed. Bummer.

And just so you'll know that I still don't have the gremlins out of my plane, the HSI failed mdway down. Coming back I was solid IMC for about 20 min until I got through the cold front in northern Georgia. When ATC was giving me radar vectors around the traffic it was a wild guessing game as I watched the compass bounce. Gotta get one of those portable Garmins with the HSI display.