Excellent demo of the turbo aerovee . The best I’ve seen. This vid was six years ago how is the turbo holding up ? I have the same engine thinking about adding the turbo to it . Thanks for sharing 👍
thanks Mike ! Good info. I just ordered my Sonex B which will hang an Aerovee Turbo on the nose. I was curious about the fuel burn at those high altitudes. Anyway, greasy side down:)
Love these higher altitude/cruise videos. I would love to see more - but maybe at some higher altitudes! Question: I live in the heart of the Rockies with high terrain and rough density altitudes. Would the AeroVee Turbo provide me with acceptable climbs/higher cruising altitudes that I would need to be able to stay clear of terrain on my cross countries? I'm looking at 10K+ to be able to safely avoid the peaks without having to detour around areas of mountains. Or should I look for something like the turbo VW or Jabiru 3300? Thank you for your info and thanks for the incredible videos!
Hi Austin, the turbo AeroVee will produce nearly as much power, if not more, than a Jabiru 3300 at high density altitudes. Given your demands, either the Jabiru 3300 or the turbo AeroVee would be good choices and the turbo option may be the best choice for your needs!
Hey Rick; I've never flown a B model but with the weights and frontal area not really changing I would expect cruise speeds to be very similar. I have the (no longer offered) MGL Stratomaster Ultra XL EFIS. It works great but the newer MGL products are even nicer! I've been up to 9500' MSL in my turbo Waiex. It could easily go higher but I'm limited with no transponder. And yes, the higher you go the higher your TAS will be and lower the fuel burn. I'm based at MRT in central Ohio.
Informative video, thanks. What was your fuel consumption at cruise altitude at around 150 TAS? I agree that the turbo performs better at high altitude than a normally aspired engine but please remember for those flying out a 9100 ft. altitude airfield remember the prop and the wing aren't turbocharged, it's still going to take a while to get into the air.
Josh- I've been to AOH many times but not in the Waiex. I'll have to stop in soon! David- I run my AeroVee fairly rich so I see between 6.5-7.5 GPH at high cruise. If I'm not going anywhere I'll throttle back to around 5 GPH for an easy cruise.
What kind of MGL Engine monitor are you using? How high have you been,in your Waiex? The higher you go, the faster you,go,and the less gas you burn? How can you beat that? Are you based out of Marysville airport? How does the Wiaex do. When it's loaded up at gross weight?
Hi there nice videos, i live in Bogota, Colombia South America. Bogota is 8400 ft asl decity alt coud be 9500 ft, what type of propeller do you think i soud have in mind? Why aerovee turbo and not rotax, ul , jabiru. Thanks MG
40" of manifold pressure is only about 5psi boost, the charge air wouldn't get hot enough to need an intercooler, it would only add more drag than it would benefit the engine.
7600 msl. high altitude? come on. my home field was 6700 msl, with TO DAs frequently pushing 10K. Am interested in the airplane. How does it do on TO at my conditions? how about cruise between 10 and 12,5K What's critical altitude on this set up? with FP prop is critical alt rpm limited? what's service ceiling? this vid based on a good idea, but lacks almost all information you ned to know for operations at medium alt.
I was hoping high altitude was more like 12-15k :)
bbt95762 His high altitude is like our pattern here in Wyoming. 😂
Impressive. Smooth flight and informative commentary. Thanks.
Thanks Mike,
I'm building A Sonex B Model w/aerovee turbo and your video was quite informative. Thanks for the clip.
Good luck with your build NWFlyer - I too am building a B-Model tri-gear turbo aerovee.
Excellent demo of the turbo aerovee . The best I’ve seen. This vid was six years ago how is the turbo holding up ? I have the same engine thinking about adding the turbo to it . Thanks for sharing 👍
Another excellent video!!!! Thanks Mike. Scotty
Great video! Thank you for the information!
Love your video. Wish you'd given fuel flow numbers also.
thanks Mike ! Good info. I just ordered my Sonex B which will hang an Aerovee Turbo on the nose. I was curious about the fuel burn at those high altitudes. Anyway, greasy side down:)
Would this be a good option for Colorado?
Love these higher altitude/cruise videos. I would love to see more - but maybe at some higher altitudes!
Question: I live in the heart of the Rockies with high terrain and rough density altitudes. Would the AeroVee Turbo provide me with acceptable climbs/higher cruising altitudes that I would need to be able to stay clear of terrain on my cross countries? I'm looking at 10K+ to be able to safely avoid the peaks without having to detour around areas of mountains. Or should I look for something like the turbo VW or Jabiru 3300?
Thank you for your info and thanks for the incredible videos!
Hi Austin, the turbo AeroVee will produce nearly as much power, if not more, than a Jabiru 3300 at high density altitudes. Given your demands, either the Jabiru 3300 or the turbo AeroVee would be good choices and the turbo option may be the best choice for your needs!
Hey Rick; I've never flown a B model but with the weights and frontal area not really changing I would expect cruise speeds to be very similar.
I have the (no longer offered) MGL Stratomaster Ultra XL EFIS. It works great but the newer MGL products are even nicer! I've been up to 9500' MSL in my turbo Waiex. It could easily go higher but I'm limited with no transponder. And yes, the higher you go the higher your TAS will be and lower the fuel burn. I'm based at MRT in central Ohio.
Informative video, thanks. What was your fuel consumption at cruise altitude at around 150 TAS? I agree that the turbo performs better at high altitude than a normally aspired engine but please remember for those flying out a 9100 ft. altitude airfield remember the prop and the wing aren't turbocharged, it's still going to take a while to get into the air.
Josh- I've been to AOH many times but not in the Waiex. I'll have to stop in soon!
David- I run my AeroVee fairly rich so I see between 6.5-7.5 GPH at high cruise. If I'm not going anywhere I'll throttle back to around 5 GPH for an easy cruise.
looks cool, just wondering what sort f fuel burn rates are you getting?
High speed cruise is 6.5-6.8 GPH. Lower speed, more relaxed cruise speeds are closer to 5.5 GPH.
What kind of MGL Engine monitor are you using? How high have you been,in your Waiex? The higher you go, the faster you,go,and the less gas you burn? How can you beat that? Are you based out of Marysville airport? How does the Wiaex do. When it's loaded up at gross weight?
Is it just me or does it look like that plane will only seat one and a half people?
it will seat 1.75, 1.5 comfortably
For reference, are you a 6ft 250lbs dude, a 5ft2in 125 pound dude, or somewhere in between?
I think the B models are a bit wider? Anyone have that measurement?
You're gonna be the guy that sells me on the idea of a turbo sonex...
Ever land pat KAOH? Great fuel prices! Huge runway!
Hi there nice videos, i live in Bogota, Colombia South America. Bogota is 8400 ft asl decity alt coud be 9500 ft, what type of propeller do you think i soud have in mind? Why aerovee turbo and not rotax, ul , jabiru. Thanks MG
Hey Mike! How do the b models Sonex and Waiex compare speed wise to the original models?
He couldn’t get into Big Bear from LA basin climbing to 6800 ft. Not quite the High altitude I was thinking about.
have you had good luck with your engine i just bought one just wondering
How do you measure fuel flow?
A stopwatch and the amount of fuel needed to refill the tank!
Have not heard any talk about using an intercooler, Is it worthwhile to lower the intake air temps?
There is no room for an intercooler.
40" of manifold pressure is only about 5psi boost, the charge air wouldn't get hot enough to need an intercooler, it would only add more drag than it would benefit the engine.
High altitude? At that altitude you can't even get over most Class B!
I don't have a transponder with Mode C so I'm limited to below 10,000 MSL.
I was hoping to see 12 and 17k
This is not high altitude, needs to be at least 10km high.
Why are you speaking in terms of miles per hour when you should be talking about not indicated
Knots Sorry about the miss spelling
thats high altitude? Turbo is great over 12,000. need to get a little higher
B. E. Russell I don’t have a transponder so I’m limited to below 10,000’.
7600 msl. high altitude? come on. my home field was 6700 msl, with TO DAs frequently pushing 10K. Am interested in the airplane. How does it do on TO at my conditions? how about cruise between 10 and 12,5K What's critical altitude on this set up? with FP prop is critical alt rpm limited? what's service ceiling? this vid based on a good idea, but lacks almost all information you ned to know for operations at medium alt.
What a POS!!! Does that thing have a Rotex 915 in it. How many millions did we pay for this light sport airplane?????
You can build one yourself for under $40k or find one used for under $30k. They're very cheap, fast, and economical.