How do you fly the Legacy? (perf numbers)

[ryanbatc 12,834]

People with the "old" RA Legacy - the turbocharged one.  How are you flying it?  What numbers are you using for climb/cruise/descent?  Power settings etc?

Since it's experimental nothing is really published.  I have found a few things.

Generally On climb I'll throttle back a little for 36" at 2600 rpm.  And just reduce mixture once in a while to keep the EGT under 1600.  For cruise I like to go to about 17,000 as that gives best speed... and maybe I'll do 33" and 2500 rpm.  Gets about 280 ktas.  

Curious what others do?

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

Fly it by the seat of my pants - with the Turbo option disabled...

The sound of the turbo engine somehow does not agree with me..

[ryanbatc 12,834]

There's definitely a turbo charged whine hehe.  I haven't flown with normally aspirated version in eons hehe.

[regis9 4,013]

Generally fast and sometimes upside down 

Sorry, I’m sure that’s not helpful.

[gregmorin 199]

Ryan,

My numbers are very similar. Climb 36" 2500 rpm cruise 32" 2400 RPM. I love that nimble aircraft.

Greg

 

[shivers9 1,174]

7 minutes ago, gregmorin said:

Ryan,

My numbers are very similar. Climb 36" 2500 rpm cruise 32" 2400 RPM. I love that nimble aircraft.

Greg

 

+1 in fact I have removed all of my add on aircraft from Prepar3d and fly nothing but the Legacy. The thing just looks good and performs even better. It's too bad that RealAir is no longer in the hunt. The fact that they put together this kind of product that works better than all the other GA add ons and it was built before we ever heard of P3d I think. I just plain got tired of all the planes that "almost work"and "are great except for" and developers whinning about how tough it is. My hat is off to RealAir. 

[ryanbatc 12,834]

Thanks gents...  and sometimes I just firewall the thing lol

[IAhawkeyeDDS 158]

It really bums me out that this aircraft is unobtainable for me...  it is just the perfect GA aircraft for how I want to fly. 

[ryanbatc 12,834]

It was out for quite a while before RA disbanded.... but I can see how frustrating it would be sorry!

[IAhawkeyeDDS 158]

On 3/7/2018 at 10:11 PM, ryanbatcund said:

It was out for quite a while before RA disbanded.... but I can see how frustrating it would be sorry!

Got it!!! Found old boxed version at Aerosoft store:

Pointed installer at P3Dv4 root directory and replaced sound file with 64 bit version...

 

works like a dream!! 😃

[ryanbatc 12,834]

That's v2 with GTN support?

[IAhawkeyeDDS 158]

No... first version.  Trying to figure out if there is a way to integrate gtn.

[RockOla 233]

I missed this topic. I created a kind of "performance spreadsheet" for the turbo version of the Legacy

Here it is. Fuel flow may vary according to external conditions, but usually TAS is quite precise. I like to fly @FL200, 2400 RPM and 30" which gives an impressive 300 KTAS.

I also reported the medium tank oxygen autonomy for each flight level.

This is only a sheet which is used in a "flight planning" spreadsheet that I created for my Legacy world tour.

Edited May 17, 2018 by RockOla
link to image

[vortex681 806]

Try this: http://lancair.com/aircraft_documents/Legacy/legFG_POH_2008_WM.pdf