REFLECTOR: engine power

Greg Poole greg at pooledresources.com.au
Sun Feb 3 19:24:36 CST 2008


Grigore...enjoy your questions...they certainly open up Reflector
discussion!
 
Be they Long Ezys, Cozys or Velocitys, canards by nature are sluggish and
ungainly (read; very poor handling) at low air speeds. I subsequenty feel it
v. important to up to the efficient flying/handling range (where canards
excell) as quickly as possible....I'd like even more than the 200HP Lycoming
that I've got for my SE-RG, but, as they say; "beggars can't be choosers" -
life's a compromise.

I also think - for the sake of an extra 40 - 50HP, it would also be a pity
not to make best use of the Velocity's high speed envelope and suggest you
go for the higher power engine.

Kind regards from DownUnder,

Greg 
greg at pooledresources.com.au 
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Tom
Sent: Monday, 4 February 2008 11:22
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: propeller range?

Not sure about the distance for the fuel cap but it makes sense to me 
that if it's a major concern that we should consider glassing a chain 
attachment inside the upper part of the tank and attach that chain to 
the inside of the fuel cap.
As far as the engine choice, A friend recently finished an SE R/G with a 
180 hp and MT prop. He felt it to be quite underpowered-- just a thought 
for consideration.
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