wingsnaprop wrote:
how many homebuilts do you think have made the flight from California
to Hawaii ? 2003 nm

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...l+plane+hawaii

Here's some food for thought -

The Deltahawk Diesel @ 180 hp (according to them which may or may not
be propaganda) gets 5.5 Gallon/hr. @ 65% power and cruises
easily at altitudes well above the OX requiring 17000 + Feet.

A GlassGoose can be made ( relatively easily I'm told ) with an extra
35+ Gallon removeable 'ferry' Tank in the storage area for a total fuel
capacity of 105+ gallons Jet-A

With a 180 hp DeltaHawk Diesel @ 5.5 GPH @ 65% Power, thats 16.5 hrs @
the (Consevative) GG's 125 MPH = 2065 NM With a 2.5+ hr = 310+ NM
reserve.. on 105 gallons Jet-A At 6.7 Lbs / Gallon = 705 lbs of fuel.


Thats California ( HAF) to Hawaii ( ITO) ( 2003 NM) with a 3.0 hour
/370 nm mile reserve, In a Plane that, if ya had to ditch, would
~Probably~ not sink ! ( though you'd never want to put it down in blue
water swells)

But i don't know, Would a GlassGoose be any fun in Hawaii? :

P.S.- yep you guessed it , UPS the Right Seat, a few tools, and all
your luggage to your hotel
Wingsnaprop


You don't have to wait for the
DeltaHawk, though it should be a great
engine when it arrives. The Diamond
TwinStar, equiped with two Thielert
Centurions, 130 HP turbo-diesels,
derivatives of the Mercedes Benz A-Class
auto engine, on its way back to Europe
from its Oshkosh appearance crossed the
Atlantic from Newfoundland to
Oporto/Portugal, a distance of 3535 km
or 1909 nm burning just 72 gallons of
Jet-A. That's the GlassGoose's fuel
capacity, isn't it? A 25 gallon fuel
bladder would provide the necessary
reserves.
The Toyota 2.2 liter D-4D Clean Power in
the new Toyota Avensis and Lexus IS with
180 HP at 3600 RPM would be a very close
alternative to the DeltaHawk, at one
tenth of its price.