A friend of a friend is interested in putting a 13B in a Super Pacer. A
   Super Pacer is a stretched Piper Pacer (longer fuse, bigger wing).

   Has anyone done one in the past?

   Paul, would you be willing to do a FWF 3D for him? If so, what info
   would you need?

   Doc Custer
   Retired Software Engineer and sometime Audiologist

   Sketch of the firewall hard point dimensions.
   Position of the thrust line. Any angular thrust offsets
   and length of the cowl from prop flange to firewall.
   --
   Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.


I had considered doing this too..  I think it's a good fit.  I know of a
couple of Pacer's with STC'd 180hp Lycomings (in an essentially stock
airframe).  They make good performers.  With a stretched wing and fuse
you end up with a nice utility airplane.  Pacer airframes are still
pretty cheap too.

Other airframes that are a good deal and a pretty good match:

Cherokee 140
Stinson 108x
Cessna 175

The Pacer is probably the easiest to accomplish this kind of thing on
since they are tube and fabric and relatively easily modified.  Plus,
several of them have already moved to Experimental (amateur built) -
putting on Ford V6's.  I don't see that a Stinson would be any harder
though.  And I think there are several things about Stinsons that are nicer.


Matt-

Check with your local FSDO on the rules.

Paul Lamar


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