REFLECTOR: Supercharger

[Brett Ferrell]

You could also check out Jack Morrison's E-racer setup, it was written up in
Sport Aviation, November 2003 I think, my engine shop worked with him, I think
he used a Ford truck supercharger....

Brett

Quoting Jack Sheehan <j.f.sheehan at larc.nasa.gov>:

> >I spoke with a guy at Forcedaeromotive about their supercharger.
> >They have an installation that is STC'd on Cessna 182's .
> >Continental engines. I asked about their plans for an IO-540. He
> >told me they have done a prototype on an IO-360 but that the
> >installation would be similar on the 540. They use a belt to drive a
> >shaft that runs along the side of the engine above the intake
> >manifold  pipes to run the supercharger at the rear of the engine.
> >You can check out their web site at
> >http://www.forcedaeromotive.com/. They claim 5000 ft of altitude and
> >only 4% power requirement. They said it would be sometime next year
> >for a system to evolve.
>
> Jack
> N55XL
>
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