Patrick,
Wow!
Talk about irony - I just found your web-site last night, and printed your info
with the intent of calling you guys this week and ordering the whole shooting
match!!!!
Clearly I need to spend the dollars - can't wait to see what other gems might be
hidden in there...
Best regards,
Jonathan
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From: Patrick Panzera
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Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 10:37 AM
Subject: RE: [Q1_Aircraft] BMW R1100
We've put out several articles over the past few years, keeping the Q-1 in
mind. The Hexadyne P-60 (as you mentioned) is pretty pricy, but it's a very
compact (and complete) package and physically fits the Q nicely. We have
briefly mentioned the Q installation (with a photo or two) in the article.
We featured the P-60 in issue #81, and we will have a P-60 forum at the
Mountain State Canard Fly-in, the weekend of April 28.
www.siinc-sources.com/MSFly%2DIn/
which coincides with the
Alternative engine round-up
www.ContactMagazine.com/Roundup.html
The 1/3 Corvair was covered in detail in issue #75
The BMW engine was featured in issue #80
The AeroTwin was featured in issue #85
David Roe's scrunched down VW was featured in #76
The AeroVee was featured in #73
The HKS: #79
Harley Davidson: #74
See
www.contactmagazine.com/backissu.html
for a full list.
Pat
> Has anyone considered the BMW motorcycle engines? (Like the
> R1100?) I'm still looking for viable alternatives...
>
> How much power do these planes really need to fly well, anyways?
> Ryan really liked his VW on there - especially as compared to the
> Onan, but said that it didn't give him that much more top speed -
> just much better climb (if I understood him correctly). Maybe 18hp
> isn't really enough - but is 60 overkill? Seems to me something in
> the 35 hp range would be RIGHT about where you wanted to be...
> (enough cruise, climb, and economy to really make you enjoy all
> three!)
>
> It seems to me that the full 4 cylinder VW is a bit too much.
> Heavy, maybe more power than REALLY needed. But it does carry all
> the accessories... Starter and alternator would be nice - you could
> run lights and radios, too
>
> The P-60 seems like a hell of a motor, but at 9K it's a bit steep.
> Otherwise gorgeous setup. Too much power?
>
> The McCulloch 0-100 is intriguing - but it's a two stroke and there
> are VERY few aircraft (outside of gyrocopters) that use these at
> all. (in fact - I can only find reference to a grand total of three -
> a Hummelbird, a Flying Flea, and a BD-5) A lot of people don't like
> them (for a wide variety of reasons) - but it's hard to argue the
> power to weight ratio...
>
> HKS - expensive. Otherwise pretty - much like the P-60.
>
> Ultravair very tempting. Great manual, pretty build. Seems to me
> like this might be the right place to be... But you have to build
> it, and that's gonna take a little time and some scrounging (too
> bad - great winter project, eh?)
>
> I think i'm gonna try and put together a little spread sheet - I'll
> post it when I'm done. We can (collectively) edit and/or add to it
> as desired - maybe it'll give us a better idea of what's open to us
> as options...
>
> Jonathan
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