Re: Airshares SR-20

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> According to the Cirrus website, the SR-20 cruises at 156 kts at 75%
power.

What's the fuel flow at 75% power?  For a 200 hp engine, my guess is that
it's significantly more than 9 gph.  Or conversely, it seems likely that the
9 gph isn't 75% cruise.

> If I bought an SR-20 and it only gave me 130 kts at best cruise
performance,
> I'd demand my money back!

Art didn't say 130 knots was his "best cruise performance".  He said that's
what he gets at 9 gph.  I assume he used that figure because that's close to
the fuel flow in a Cessna at normal cruise settings (with a 160 hp engine),
and so gives a rough apples-to-apples comparison between the airplanes.

Pete