I'm looking to transition from a 66 Cherokee 6 300 into a 78 Turbo Lance II. It is a T-Tail and has the improved cowling with intercooler. I've flow it once now (need 25 hours for the insurance company), and I find it very heavy during takeoff and landing. I think I need to much more aggressively trim the airplane aft to get rid of the heavy controls. I am waiting till 80KTS to rotate and flying Vx for the first 400 feet and then 95KTS VY to 1000 AGL and then trimming to enroute climb. Pattern at 95KTS and 80 over the numbers and then pulling full power. I'm just shocked how heavy it seems to feel compared to the Cherokee 6 that was the same weight, just not a T Tail.
What sort of GPH burn do you guys see on climb out? I was seeing 30GPH at 33" and 105 knots on enroute climb, it felt like I was on the rich side but I didn't want to mess with fuel till at cruising altitude. Cruising at 65% I was burning 16 GPH at 170Kts true so that seemed correct for this plane with it's speed mods (gap seals and tips). I do have a great instructor along with me but he has limited Turbo Lance time and I was just looking for additional insight from those of you who have flown these a lot.
What sort of GPH burn do you guys see on climb out? I was seeing 30GPH at 33" and 105 knots on enroute climb, it felt like I was on the rich side but I didn't want to mess with fuel till at cruising altitude. Cruising at 65% I was burning 16 GPH at 170Kts true so that seemed correct for this plane with it's speed mods (gap seals and tips). I do have a great instructor along with me but he has limited Turbo Lance time and I was just looking for additional insight from those of you who have flown these a lot.
