Thread: Azimut270 back from around the world flight and available for any questions

Yannick,
What separation did the two of you maintain from each other?

Hello Josjonkers,

It is very particular to fly the aircraft 25% over max authorized takeoff weight and I don't recommend to try it ! The takeoff roll can be as long as 4'500 feet, climb out spped of 81 kts and a climb rate of only few hundreads feet per minutes giving a very shallow profile. The takeoff from Nagpur India and Amman Jordania were the most challenging. The only mechanical problem was a leaking fuel pump that we had to replace our other concern were more weather related.

Originally Posted by josjonkers

My question is related to how to take off and fly the CT over gross weight and the reduced performance.

What was the hairiest take off in this configuration?

Also did you ever have any mechanical issues in flight or any other concerns during the flights?

Hello Glenn,

Thanks ! We still haven't finallized our statistics but my guess would be 230 hours x 21 LT/H = 4800 LT (1270 GAL). Oil consumption was very low and estimated at 0.1 LT per 10 hours (3.4 FL OZ/ 10 hours). We tried to keep visual contact all the way with few hundread feet vertical separation and we had a GPS based "radar and anticolision" device called FLARM to help visualize the position of the other aircraft. No more pics on the web site for the time but a book project is being studied.

Originally Posted by GlennM

Congratulations on your successful flight! I am happy your returned safely.

My questions:

How much fuel did you use in total? How much oil? Did you have to add any between oil changes? How far did the two planes stay apart on most flights? Some of the photos I saw were very good close-ups. Are you going to post more pictures of your trip on your website? Where is Switzerland? (Just kidding, I figured I would contribute to the stereotype that Americans don't know geography.)

Thank you.

Hello Tip,

We tried to maintain visual contact with each other and were rarely more than half a mile apart. one aircraft was leading the formation and we did change role on every flight.

Originally Posted by Tip Ruffner

Yannick,
What separation did the two of you maintain from each other?

Awesome.
Thanks Yannick.

ROTAX. That little engine that could (forgive me; a take on a North American kid's story about a train engine).

I have now 900 hours on my ct (since 2006) and the compression is still 78/80.

I am still amazed every time I fly about the performance this airplane gives for the hp, useful load, speed,fuel consumption and the resulting range.

I followed your trip closely.

Congratulations!

Send me a note whenever you are in the Calgary area and we will do some moutain/glacier flying!!

T

Originally Posted by Yannick B

Hello Glenn,

Thanks ! We still haven't finallized our statistics but my guess would be 230 hours x 21 LT/H = 4800 LT (1270 GAL). Oil consumption was very low and estimated at 0.1 LT per 10 hours (3.4 FL OZ/ 10 hours). We tried to keep visual contact all the way with few hundread feet vertical separation and we had a GPS based "radar and anticolision" device called FLARM to help visualize the position of the other aircraft. No more pics on the web site for the time but a book project is being studied.

Thank you for the information. I agree with Josjonkers, these Rotax engines are exceptional. I don't think you would have anywhere near the oil consumption of the Rotax on an aircooled engine, the clearances are too large! I know you probably have your own writing style and ideas about a book, but I enjoyed the style of The Big Show (Le Grand Cirque) by Pierre Clostermann. Just a thought.

Hello Mac,

I guess I will feel like you too, this round the world flight has not only been an experience or another experience, it is part of me now ! I love mountain flying and after all those hours over the water it is now luxury to have ground and airports below my wings. The book will most probably come out next year.....

Originally Posted by ctcw

Yannick,
Ten years ago, before I took up flying, I decided to finish my carreer on motorbikes with a trip down to Gibraltar and then through Morocco and on to west Africa. Still after all those years I am still 'haunted' in a nice way of all the experiences I had on that trip and I wonder how you will ever surpass the experience you had of your own
trip. What's next and when is the book coming out? How does it feel to be flying the corridors of Switzerland compared with the unlimited visibility of an ocean. I find it strange coming back to Ireland after a flight to mainland Europe with all the blue skies and then have to limit my altitude to no more than 1500 feet for the rest of the year!
Mac

Congratulations on your flight and thank you for sharing information about on this forum.
Why not land at Ascension Island and cut the Atlantic crossing in half?
Also, your flight trace shows some significant maneuvering in the mid-Atlantic when one would expect you to be set on your course. It certainly seemed too late for second thoughts. Were you maneuvering around weather?
Mike Koerner

Yannick,
I'm curious to know why you abandoned your original intention of flying through Iran and over the north of the Middle East. As a result of your experience in getting out of Jordan would you recommend giving that part of the world a miss?
Mac

WHY did you choose the coarse prop pitch setting in favor of the wide open throttle=5500 rpm that we see recommended in these pages? WF