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I think the prop weight might be too high with a 96" prop on a Corvair.
"Christopher" <Christopher.29cm4i@news.aviationbanter.com> wrote in message
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> I like that Corvair engine too, but I wonder if it can swing a 96 inch
> prop. Many of the individuals who are excited about the 103 HP VW
> engine are happy with it because of the amount of thrust it can produce
> swinging a big prop. Of course, most people do not want and do not need a
> prop that big, it causes the top end performance to suffer but for
> certain applications, wow.. some of those aircraft really hop off the
> ground:
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> http://www.culverprops.com/back-yard-flyer.htm
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> The firewall forward package for this backyard flyer is a 2276cc VW
> engine, 2.47:1 PSRU. I'm still looking for the weight figures for this
> engine.
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> [image: http://www.greatplainsas.com/lcred.jpeg]
> http://www.greatplainsas.com/llc1.html
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> I wouldn't be as keen towards what I'm seeing about this engine if it
> wasn't for the huge prop it can handle and my specific need for extreme
> STOL without high speed performance. I've been collecting links to as
> many extreme STOL aircraft as I can find and have listed them in the
> links section of the following yahoo group:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Extreme_STOL- I'm still undecided over
> which aircraft to build but I want something which has a takeoff roll
> of 100 feet or less which will handle a large adult with room for one
> average sized passenger. The CH 701 is too small, the STOL King looks
> good but so far I've not been able to find a second party (aside from
> the guy selling plans) who has built it to confirm the claimed
> performance.
>
>
> --
> Christopher
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Re: STOL Plans
