----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Excuse me? 5000 ft per minute up? That's about a mile per minute virtical. I'd like to see that, but with 150 hp I doubt it. Would be something though.
Larry jan zanutto wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > well, today I primed the inside of my cabin and center section. Now I'm > ready for new floorboards and interior. > > One has a lot of things to think about when painting every square inch of > the center section..... and the one thing that struck me was how well > built the center of an Ercoupe is. Then, coupled with the stout wing > structure- I think that we could safely fly with much more horsepower. > > For the last 2 years my C model has been a part of our A&P college booth > at the Golden West fly-in. This last year, when I taxied up to our booth > and shut down the engine a guy came running over to me and said "that's > the next airplane I want to do a turbine conversion to." He showed me a > little tiny turbine engine with a gearbox and variable pitch prop. The > engine made about 150 hp, and he has already put one in a Luscombe. They > clipped the wings on the Luscombe and that thing did 170mph, with a 5000 > fpm climb! They lost the airplane when the fuel system failed the engine, > and the clipped wings proved to be a mistake- it ended up smashed up in > the emergency landing. > > So- he offered me the engine and gearbox for 14K. I think that our plane > would be an excellent choice for a turbine conversion. You would have to > have the 30 gallon tanks though, turbines suck a lot of JP4 per hr. > > Well, sounds like the outside dimensions of the wheels is 99 inches. My > garage door frame is only 96 exactly. > > jan z > 415G > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics -- ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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