William wrote:

Paul,
Ray's plane (empty weight) is heavy, with all the changes that the PFA made him do to it, plus they were heavily loaded.  They
also had to stay below 5000 feet across the ocean, because you can't have an IFR plane as a homebuilt in England. Certified as
Day VFR only.

I don't have a feel for how much this effects the cruise speed, however there is a Cruiser in Maryland (Virginia?) that has a
top (not cruise) speed of 200mph on 180 horsepower.

Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser # 4045

 
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