REFLECTOR: Deltahawk engine

J.P. Brooks jp211 at comcast.net
Sat May 7 13:44:44 CDT 2005


I'm in too.  Coast to Coast....   as long as N211JP doesn't get handicapped 
for not stopping for Jet-A.


At 11:20 AM 5/7/2005, you wrote:
>Done.
>
>Winner to get a good bottle of single malt.
>
>And I won't hold you to the date.  Whenever you're done.
>
>At 11:12 AM 5/7/05, you wrote:
>>OK, I take the challenge!
>>
>>I still need to get my pilot licence, but I'll hopefully get it this month.
>>
>>I still need to build my Velocity, but I already ordered the kit and will 
>>start on Sept 1st.  According to Velocity Inc, it should take 800h to 
>>build it.  At 25h/week that means 40 weeks, which means that I should be 
>>done by August 1st, 2006.  I certainly intend to use a Deltahawk engine, 
>>most likely a 200HP one with an MT constant speed propeller, so my 
>>airplane will satisfy your spec.
>>
>>To make it fun, I propose to race coast-to-coast, say from somewhere 
>>arround New York to somewhere arround San Francisco.
>>
>>:-)    (but I'm serious, too)
>>
>>Grigore
>>
>>
>>
>>On Sat, 7 May 2005, Richard Riley wrote:
>>
>>>Hey, if you're going to race with stuff that belongs to other people, 
>>>I'm going to put a business card in the next Delta IV payload.
>>>
>>>But seriously, I think a 540 Berkut with a fixed pitch prop against a 
>>>200hp Velocity with an MT would be an interesting race, either for climb 
>>>or for speed.
>>>
>>>At 10:14 AM 5/7/05, you wrote:
>>>>Nether am I....  F-15
>>>>
>>>>At 09:48 AM 5/7/2005, you wrote:
>>>>>At 07:22 AM 5/7/05, you wrote:
>>>>>>I hope I get the chance to race Mr. 540 to 30,000 feet, or more.  "Oh 
>>>>>>no, not another challenge that I cant' fly now but must in the 
>>>>>>future."  JP just stow it till you can do it.
>>>>>OK, but remember, I'm not flying a Velocity.
>>>>>
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