G GeorgeC New member May 10, 2014 #1 Aside from the Velocity, is there anything in the 4 seat, 180hp, fixed gear, fixed pitch design space in the EAB world? Zodiac?
Aside from the Velocity, is there anything in the 4 seat, 180hp, fixed gear, fixed pitch design space in the EAB world? Zodiac?
J Jim Logajan Administrator Staff member May 10, 2014 #2 GeorgeC said: Aside from the Velocity, is there anything in the 4 seat, 180hp, fixed gear, fixed pitch design space in the EAB world? Zodiac? Click to expand... By Zodiac, I assume you mean the CH-640? There is a video of a CH-640 carrying 4 adults [*] with a 180 HP Superior IO-360 flying off a grass field: [*] The adults don't appear to be western-"sized", though.
GeorgeC said: Aside from the Velocity, is there anything in the 4 seat, 180hp, fixed gear, fixed pitch design space in the EAB world? Zodiac? Click to expand... By Zodiac, I assume you mean the CH-640? There is a video of a CH-640 carrying 4 adults [*] with a 180 HP Superior IO-360 flying off a grass field: [*] The adults don't appear to be western-"sized", though.
J Jim Logajan Administrator Staff member May 10, 2014 #3 MickYoumans said: There is also a four seater RV-10. http://vansaircraft.com/public/rv10.htm Click to expand... An RV-10 requires a minimum 235 HP, no? Subject line asks for 180 HP. An RV-10 only fits by engaging in requirements creep ... which can have no end. A CH-640 can be built for under $80k and one ends up with the equivalent of a factory-new Warrior II (but with two doors instead of one.) http://www.zenair640.info/comparison-chart.html
MickYoumans said: There is also a four seater RV-10. http://vansaircraft.com/public/rv10.htm Click to expand... An RV-10 requires a minimum 235 HP, no? Subject line asks for 180 HP. An RV-10 only fits by engaging in requirements creep ... which can have no end. A CH-640 can be built for under $80k and one ends up with the equivalent of a factory-new Warrior II (but with two doors instead of one.) http://www.zenair640.info/comparison-chart.html
J Jim Logajan Administrator Staff member May 13, 2014 #4 airguy said: Perhaps I missed something here, but why the fixation on 180hp? Why not pick up an RV10 and just pull back the power to the 180hp output point for the same fuel burn? Click to expand... An engine with X HP generally weighs less and costs less than one with Y HP where Y > X. Flipped the other way - why the fixation on the RV10?
airguy said: Perhaps I missed something here, but why the fixation on 180hp? Why not pick up an RV10 and just pull back the power to the 180hp output point for the same fuel burn? Click to expand... An engine with X HP generally weighs less and costs less than one with Y HP where Y > X. Flipped the other way - why the fixation on the RV10?
