Subject: 13b powered dragonfly
From: Rotary Engine
Date: 1/3/2007, 2:15 PM
To: AARotary Engine



It is the quickie that has the wheels on the wing tips, my bird is a dragonfly
mark II which is a tail dragger with a hoop type front landing gear mounted to
the center of the forward wing.

I was planning a couple pneumatically actuated airbrakes that pop up behind the
rear wing on each side of the top fuselage, as this is a very aerodynamically
clean bird to bring to a stop.

I am also planning to invest in a ballistic recovery parachute for the whole
plane.

From the lists discussion I am leaning more toward a single rotor turbocharged,
turbo compounded when we get that figured out.........

I do have a nice municipal airport just 10 miles away I will make use of with a
paved strip, just nice to bring it home to my own barn for the winter.


Brent Hasty

Brent,
I would lean to the single P-port for your plane IMHO and avoid the weight
of a Turbo, unnecessary for a small slick plane like yours - I like all your
other options.
George ( down under)

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