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Posted By: Hal Brown
Date Posted: Jun 2, 2008
Description: Even from 14,000 feet Mt. Whitney towers another 491 feet higher.
Date Taken: Jun 2, 2008
Place Taken: Mt. Whitney, CA
Owner: John Spratt
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Category: 302, Sierra Seareys
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Philip Mendelson - Jun 02,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    Good thing you have that Turbo!!     
  
John Spratt - Jun 03,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    Definitely turbo territory! The Owens Valley on the other side of the Searey was nice to have as an option.      Attachments:  

0228OwensVly.jpg
0228OwensVly

    
  
Ross Vining - Jun 04,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    SeaRey Colleagues<br />A question my non flying friends often ask me is 'How high can you go in a SeaRey'. I usually reply that <br />anything over 500ft gets boring so I stay low. But that begs the question <br />Who has gone highest in a 85 Hp ?<br />Who has gone highest in a 100HP 912 ?<br />and <br />What about a 914?<br />Thats assuming you were not using significant ridge lift or thermal lift !<br />So what about it?     
  
Kenneth Leonard - Jun 04,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    Ross - My 81 hp has never been above 4000'. <br />I've heard second hand stories of an airliner calling out a TCAS warning on a target above 18,000' and said turbocharged target making a quick dive for the water as they were not legal nor filed for IFR.     
  
Dan Nickens - Jun 04,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    I have no idea who has gone the highest with a 912S, Ross, but I recall a particularly 'high' moment at an altitude of 12,500' over a sparkling snow covered mountain under brilliant blue skies in British Columbia, but that was less than 500' above the icy snow.     
  
John Robert Dunlop - Jun 04,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    I had C-GJIB up to 8,500' once on a 912S<br />I know Doug Rogerson had the Orca up over 12,000' coming east from Seattle (80hp +)     
  
Kenneth Leonard - Jun 04,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    12,000 on 81 hp?!? Wow! Maybe I'll try going over 5000 some day after all. Actually, I'm not sure I've flown any plane over 7000.     
  
Dennis Vogan - Jun 04,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    Doug had that piston kit to increase compression and hp. But I've had my 80 hp up to 10,000 ft without much effort.     
  
John Robert Dunlop - Jun 05,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    Featherweight!     
  
John Spratt - Jun 05,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    The 914 can maintain full climb power of 35inHg and 5500 rpm up to 16,000 feet. I haven't used oxygen to go higher than 14,000 because that would be putting oxygen next to a fuel tank in the cockpit. Bad mix!     
  
Richard Holgate - Jun 06,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    Ross, a couple of weeks ago we got to 13,000' two up with 35 litres and still climbing at 100' a minute in a 912S. We flew over the highest lake in Australia but it is a bit small to land on. We regularly land on Tantangara Pondage which is about 4,000' without any trouble two-up.      Attachments:  

Highest Lake in Oz.jpg
Highest Lake in Oz

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Tantangara Dam.jpg
Tantangara Dam

    
  
Dan Nickens - Jun 06,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    Those are beautiful pictures, Richard, from any altitude.     
  
Bill Turnbull - Jun 09,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    My SeaRey's home airport is 8203' msl. Our local EAA chapter (<a href="http://www.eaa1267.org/">www.eaa1267.org</a> has members who regularly fly their hombuilts to clear 11,000' mountain passes to get to Denver. One is a kitfox with a 912s. I get an airworthiness inspection on June 12th, transition training from PA sometime this month, and hope to make the first flight in the beginning of July. I hope my 914 lives up to its specs!!!     
  
Ed Irizarry - Jun 04,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    My Searey-N228Z has a hard time sustaining 4700' with a 912S regardless of Prop adjustments.     
  
Tom Binsfeld - Jun 04,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    912s, 14,500' with a density alt of 16,500. Solo with 7 gallons of fuel.      Attachments:  

14500.jpg
14500

    
  
Dennis Vogan - Jun 05,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    Ed, 4700 feet? <br />Did you forget to pull in your anchor?<br />Maybe you need a stronger rubber band.     
  
Don Maxwell - Jun 05,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    Is <I>that </I>what those bungees are for? I never knew!<!-- >'"><br><font color=red size=6>' or &gt; missing in user HTML. Please fix the HTML.</font> -->     
  
Fred Glasbergen - Jun 05,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    With the 912 have been up to 9500ft but with the 912S close to 11,000ft and the highest landing alpine lake solo 6500ft.     
  
Peter & Paula Schoenenberger - Jun 05,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    We had no problem to climb to 14'000 ft over the Sisters Mountain in Oregon with our 914. Yet we could have climbed higher but it will become a matter of oxygen     
  
Ross Vining - Jun 06,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    Wow - I really started something with the question of how high can you go? <br />But it seems that high altitudes are not really a problem for the SeaRey.<br />I was also interested by Richard Holgate's picture of Australia'a highest lake. It is a classic mountain <br />cirque lake called 'Blue Lake' only a few miles from Australia's highest Mountain. I used to practice ice <br />climbing on the cliffs around the shores of Blue Lake 30 years ago. It is exquisitely beautiful and is about <br />6,000ft ASL, I have flown over it myself several times and have pondered the practicalities of a landing on <br />it. Thus I was interested in Fred Glasbergen's comments on being able to operate solo on a lake at <br />6,500ft with a 912.<br />Now that I live in South Australia I have lots of interesting scenery but no mountains and virtually no fresh <br />water. But I am becoming expert at landing in protected ocean inlets and bays.     
  
Ed Irizarry - Jun 06,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    John, that's realy HIIIIIIIGH. Vertigo time. Goyt to try that on N228Z (it may not be a plane factor mine can't go above 4700')     
  
Tony Gugliuzza - Jun 06,2008   Viewers  | Reply
    This is a good question..<br /><br />Two days ago, I took off at Gross weight from 1200' strip with a 10mph tailwind and a density altitude of 3300' (actual field altitude of 1000').<br />Pretty much the performance limit for my 'Rey.<br />I noticed it didnt want to climb much over 3,000 feet msl that day. I mean, it would have, but it seemed to need a lot of throttle and my oil temp was hovering around 240 (beginning of the yellow line) so I didnt want to push it. it was about 95 degrees and the hottest that I have yet to fly the plane.     


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