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Vance and Emily Jaqua wrote:

Paul Wrote:
Anything I should know about that airplane?

Not really - I appreciate your concern that the
wings are difficult to inspect, and the previous
owners workmanship was not the neatest. I think
that at the price you guys are talking, it is a
bargain, and he is selling for a very legitiment
reason. Altho Rich is not enthused by it - you
can cut significant circular access holes in the
 rear spar for inspection and possible repair of
bonds or leaks if required. The fuel leak test
is a pretty meaningful test of the spar bond line
and "tap" tests are pretty sensitive. The Main spar
is rated for the entire design load - we take no
structural credit for skins or rear spar in primary
bending forces - and that member is entirely factory
fabricated.

I would be glad to work with you on a rotory install
My personal feeling is that altho you could make the
200 hp with a 2 rotor, it would be working harder
than "I" would be comfortable with - and a 3 rotor
would be overkill (but you can never give a pilot
more horsepower than he wants)

I think the three rotor would be too heavy. I am leaning
towards a turbo 13B with about 250 HP for takeoff and a significant
amount of boost for high altitude cruise. Would be a lot
lighter than the three rotor. I also like the looks
of the six cylinder cowl which would mean moving the
13B forward so the rads will go in the aft fuselage
along with the battery I guess.

The basic airplane is the easiest to build - most
bang for the buck four place out there - and I don't
make a penny from it.  - Vance

Why not? You should get paid for editing the KIS newsletter at
least. BTW what do I need to do to get my Lyc motor mount
and main gear wheel pants in the KIS newsletter as for sale
items? I don't need the motor mount of course and
I think Klauses wheel pants would pick up a couple
of MPH over Rich's design.

First on the agenda however is getting the O-470 back in the 
C182 so we have something to fly while working on the TR-4. 

That is after my trip around the country :-)

Paul Lamar

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