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Originally Posted by redshift
You know you could get a 383 crate motor for about 1/3 of that, buckets o power. If it was nose heavy you could just put another gas tank in the tail.
But where to put the radiator?
Good luck man, I can't even handle the RC version...
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Planes don't work that way and a crate 383 is not approved by the FAA for airplane use. You can't put land vehicle logic into an airplane. You also have total airframe weight capacity to worry about and using a fuel tank to balance weight is bad because fuel is not a constant.
The rotary engines are THE motor for light sport aircraft like that and for a reason.
The plane he has will also have to be inspected and FAA approved before flight. The flying world is just a whole different animal than the way ground transportation works.
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