Lancair 320 Is More Fuel Efficient Than Your Car
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The Lancair legacy is a well known model aircraft in general aviation. The 320 came after with a Lycoming IO 320 engine, hence the model name. You get about 160 HP that will thrust you into high performance territory.
Lancair’s are known for speed and may be nothing else. This is an aircraft you fly if you have somewhere to be fast.
The cruise speed on the Lancair 320 is 224 mph and you’re burning roughly 8-9 gallons of fuel per hour. That’s equivalent to 25 - 28 miles per gallon.
I personally will not encourage any new or low time pilot to get into a Lancair. These aircraft need a little more attention and they are less forgiving. Best to build your way up and get as much experience flying first, then you can step into this speed machine.
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You are a good example of how to move forward in life. You have passion and you transfer that passion to your viewers. Why anyone can sit around in this world full of cool stuff and complain is beyond me. Good on your for doing what you do.
It's been brought to my att that the video cuts off abruptly right at the end. I apologize for that, hazard of the job. Re-editing now. I'll re-upload full video with missing last minute on mojogrip.net
Thanks Mike.
Tnanks, I wanted to hear the end as well!
I've been flying since I was 14 years old. Got my solo license back in 1970 at the ripe old age of 15. I love your show - watch it religiously - and like you, I too love low winged planes...they initially reminded me of one of my favorite shows as a kid "Sky King". I loved watching that show each week! Keep up the terrific work!
Can I ask how you got your license at 15? I’m trying to get mine but the minimum age is 17, is there anyway around this?
@@kellenfitzpatrick7803 Not really, unless your parents or relatives are pilots. Thats kinda the only way to "fly the plane" before that age.
Man, really love your videos...for someone, like me, who is just getting into flying your channel is a wealth of knowledge! Thank you!
Thank you so much for that critique! I’ve been thinking about purchasing one! I really appreciate you!
I used to work for an aerospace company. They had a magazine subscription that had these advertised inside the back cover, back in the 1990s! I could only dream of owning one of these planes! So beautiful in all red!
You're so good in explaining and showing off the airplane and very passionate about the Lancair.
I love your passion for speed - your heart was pumping just talking about it. You mentioned it's 10 years, old - closer to 20 :-)
@@ryanthomas2472 j
1999 model kit doesn’t mean built it 1999.
I've been waiting for this one!
Thank you!
Nice walkthrough! I have a piper arrow (love it) but a lancair 320 or legacy RG are my dream planes!
This is my fav airplane with the 0-320 but I own a Rv3 with a 0320. I am at M54. I appreciate your videos.
Sounds it's the Lotus Elise aircraft, one word "Awesome"
I really enjoy your channel bro, keep up the good work!
A beautiful plane. I used to build these in Australia in the late eighties. We would fly up and down the east coast at 10,000 ft on autopilot - such a thril! Fast and nimble. We also built the earlier 235 model - but unfortunately this crashed at an airshow due to a high speed stall.
Can you tell me what your average build time was for a 320
Love the speed! Great video Mike!
Great videos man. Best aircraft channel on youtube
Great video Dude.
I own a 360 they are a fantastic machines. They do kill a lot of pilots in the first 100 hours if you survive that the accident rate falls to the regular GA rate. These things fly like sailplanes small control movements and they build up speed very quickly kind of like the difference between a motor bike and a car. Blasting past all the tin planes with over 70kts difference (same fuel burn) makes me smile.
My Tailwind W8 with the Continental O-200 A is more fuel efficient than my Towne and Country mini van.
No wind conditions..30 mpg. at 120 mph. 3.8 gallons per hour. 4.0 gph at 140 mph.
Investment in N625MS? 18K.
Not a super speedster but a lot more fun than any car!
can it tow 5k pounds??? and 8 kids?
@@popinmo Just hang out a rope for the kids to hold on to
it's idiotic to compare mpg with a plane to that of a car
your plane is simply not a car
@@touristguy87 Not as idiotic as the posts you have in here.
@@daviousmaximus6446 ...are you the judge or the accused
Nice video Mike, I got your point about the possibility of the airplane getting ahead of a new pilot, but maybe the owner can get the PPL (you can do it on an experimental if you own it, it cannot be rented for this purpose) on one of these and that ensures at least 50 hrs of having a CFI correcting any mistakes
The Blackwing 635RG will do 185 knots true at 6,000 ft burning 7 gallons an hour with the 915 iS single lever constant speed MT propeller.
Your program is the best. Keep it up.
Love them and looking in fall. You just need to start slowing down a long way out. Handles great.
Thanks mike! I needed a new goal in life!!
I have about 35 hours in the Lancair 320. (I was a Glasair factory pilot, and now own a Cessna 150 taildragger). When lightly loaded, at 8500 feet, leaned out, and throttled back to 55% power, I can get about 34 MPG in the Lancair. However, I am averaging 83 MPG in my 2021 Toyota Prius. That being said, airplanes are a lot more fun.....
I always thought Lancair was the sleekest looking airplane out there. Love the center stick too. I just can't get used to side sticks.
Pilots NEVER should (catch up) with a plane like the Lancair they ALWAYS should be ahead of what the aircraft is doing
Exactly what I was thinking, when he said that. You're not gonna play catch-up with a Lancair and come out on top too often. It's a sports car. Stay ahead of it at all times.
probably true with any plane
I'm heavily considering this plane for a consistent 550m sprint every month. A 12 hr drive to see my son would be cut down tremendously. I'm curious as to the annual costs of the Lanceair.
Anyone that thought Mike is not a real airplane guy just check that huge grin on his face when he said I am sitting in the Lancair 320.
your channel is awesome. Keep it up .
Nice info...thanx!.!
Beautiful plane. Any chance you visit Azalea Aviation again? I hear Bill is working on a XF(extra fast) version of the saberwing, with a bigger engine, clipped wings, and RG. Also, would love an update on DarkAero.
your video is soo good. Thanks
My Dad built a 320 back in '91.
VERY NICE Airplane!👍
Thanks for posting this. How tall are you? Interested if I would fit in one. Cheers, Jim.
Didn't you highlight one of these planes before? Its a beautiful craft.
Love your vids man
That is a bad ass plane! Do they have 4 - 6 passenger planes like this?
Hi! Love your enthusiasm for aviation. Quick correction- the 320 and 360 share the same airframe, where the Legacy is a completely different airframe that looks similar.
What about the 235? Is the same airframe?
That’s the same plane a friend of mine learned how fly in. So if you do that the speed is no big deal because that’s all you know.
Loved this video
You look so excited in the opening to this video :D
Awesome plane! So sleek! I wonder how it compares against a Blackshape Prime? Please do a show on that one.
You could include a Risen vs Lancair 320
Beautiful plane!
Great video!
Nice review. Can you review the VL3?
Watched someone doing touch and goes in one of these very impressive speeds
5:15---"...it is a 1999 model, so it is at least 10 years old!" 1999 would make it 21 years old!
His technically correct, it's at least 10
@@josetamez5679 Ha Ha
you came here for that ? I bet you are the life of the party
21 years and still experimental ...its very good airplane
If it is certified, it will be the madness of the manufacturer and a tragedy for aviators.
These are dope I was considering one
ENTP LIFE they have them with bigger engines too!
How well do they glide when the engine quits? You give up something for high cruise speeds. I see them on Barnstormer for 90k not bad option if you fly alone most of the time. Which is is most common like in my family wife and kids not interested in General Aviation.
Really nice plane... But very less room for luggage 👍🏼☺️
Beautiful plane
Very nice job.
Kid in a candy store! Fun stuff, thanks!
Beautiful plane too
"I'll shut up and let you look at it..." you are so awesome. So funny. Lancair always way "sexy." I'm sticking with Velocity though. VTwin gives me a "no spin twin." This most certainly is a close second if money wasn't an issue. Awesome plane.
Mike How long have you been flying? Toronto Canada
Great video! Do you know if a rotax 915 can go in a Lancair? It would seem to be a lot more economical to run auto gas.
Likely not due to weight
Reminds me of the aircraft in Revenge of the Sith when Anakin was chasing that bounty hunter thru the air traffic scene.
This here is Very sleek like doing 224 mph standing still.
That’s attack of the clones... but I see what u mean
Complex aircraft need all 3 requirements: retractable great, flaps and a controllable pitch propeller
is it toughed getting used to the joystick over a yoke?
Nice overview, Mike. The video cut out abruptly at the end.
Sorry about that. I just saw it. Will re-upload on the site later. thanks.
What a nice plane.
Great video
Hi Mike!
This is also one of my favorite aircrafts. I showed these calculations on the 320 for our students for our Mechanical Engineering students. They also had to calculate how far this aircraft goes on one turn of the propeller!
Anyone??!!
Interesting question. 7' at 195 mph based on prop speed of 2400 rpm? Does that seem right?
Mike claimed 224mph, gonna assume thats at 2400rpm.
So 2400*60 revolutions per hour
(2400*60)/224 revolutions per mile
((2400*60)/224)/5280 revolutions per foot
1/rpf should give feet per revolution I would think, but I don’t have a calculator with me to test that and see if it makes sense
assuming 224 MPH and 2400 RPM = 8.21 feet forward per revolution
I think I lost the last 5 seconds of the video. What does the owner use this for again? This would be awesome for folks that do consulting on their own and want to get to places fast without having to do the ATL jog from terminal A to C :)
Yes! Watch an older movie "night flyer," the main character did exactly that in his Skymaster.
You should do a video on the hummingbird kit helicopter
I like your reviews.
Anyone chime in on the SAFETY characteristics, and general safety record of the Lancair / Glasair series ? I know one lost the engine in Collegedale / Ooltewah, Tennessee a few years ago. He came down lock a rock. RIP. I am drawn to the economy and speed, but afraid the glide ratio is probably not so good.
At 10:44 did I hear you say it holds 56 gals of fuel ,,, and at 11:18 ,, it sounds like you said it burns 70 GPH ???????
What's price in this plan
When you say complex aircraft does that mean it doesn’t qualify as a light sport?
Awesome 👍
good job bro
That's a cool plane
That's a beauty 😍
That was a pretty big smile Mike. You sure you don’t want to trade that Sling for it???
Lol no the Sling fits me perfectly
Only for the experienced 🦅🦅🦅
Could someone that’s 6’5 fit in this?
Isn't this the same airplane Mike Patey put a turboprop in?
Nice!
How many G's is it rated for.
I’m a pilot who feels guilty about my carbon footprint, I think the Lancair or LongEz would be good because I could fly to lots of exciting designations and not burn a whole lot of fuel doing it. I’ve also thought these might be good platforms for electrification. About ten years ago Chip Yates set a speed record in an electric Long Ez.
Haha, "I'll shut up for a min and let you have a look at it" Love it Mike and keep up the good work man!
And I thought I was doing good with a Mooney E Body with an IO-360 engine going 170 mph (155 kts) at about 9.6 gallons per hour, getting about 18 mpg. Wow., though at the loss of 2 back seats and a fair chunk of luggage space.
You're still in good company if you're burning less than 10 gph. Recent flight in the Mojosling; 153 kt GS, less than 7 gph 😀 instagram.com/p/CI9tQjihZRH/
how big are you? Height? Inseam? wt?
Airplanes SHOULD be FAST! And good looking too - Like the Lancair.
The turbine variant 2 seater one would go.
... My Prius car gets over 50mpg, leaving the Lance air in the dust. Lancair is a great plane.
My Clarity gets around 70MPG, but I hope one day to own such a beautiful plane - or maybe even build one myself!
Would have liked to see the engine bay.
Why would you go with a 320 when you can go with Risen .
Risen is as fast if not faster, range and a dam near 5 inches wider in cabin space.
What about total cost?
Can you get your hands on a Blackshape aircraft?
I did. Stay tuned for the review.
7:26 So, there's a Passenger eject button? Handy for unruly passengers.
Get's really windy and loud in the cabin though.
Guys check out the lancair 360 & other lancair aircraft as they do none experimental that r FAST & 4 seats with baggage. Don’t judge Lancair off just this airframe
Please please please, for the love of God, STOP calling it a body frame! It is called an AIRFRAME!!!!!
Stop calling it an airplane.... It’s aircraft or aeroplane.
@@froggy0162 I think you mean Single Engine Land
@The Bushwacker Do you mean the landing gear...
915 is way overpriced but if this plane goes fast with about that amount of power, it could have a newer more fuel efficient engine like 915 and be even better. Or sleaker tandem seating.
The VL3 915 version claims 380km/h cruise at altitude and that's side by side. I think a sleek tandem with a 915 could do 500... get that 915 below 10k, completed certified plane less than 100k, you have real progress. Pressurized too. Should be quite doable in a single piece fiber composite construction.
Isn't the newest Mooney faster?
As a new pilot I will get one, I'm sure I can fly it at full speed easy.
How long does an Experimental aircraft remain so? If this is a 1999 model when does it stop being experimental?
Means it is a home build they never loose the tag.
Why do we "park" in a driveway and "drive" on a parkway?
Mike!
One more. Isn't the retract thing an insurance issue?
It can be. But if the pilot is more experienced and has more ratings insurance can be lower. Retracts adds to your maintenance cost though.