BTW that airplane used to be called the Lancair Tigress and it had
an Orenda big block Chevy V8 based engine. It had a sharp lipped
P51 type cooling scoop as well.

http://www.aircraftworlddirectory.com/civil/l/lancairtigress.htm

Paul Lamar


Paul,

Be careful with your non-engineer generalizations. :) The Evolution and
Tigress share little, if anything, beyond the name Lancair--even with a
sharp lipped cooling scoop.  Your credibility is slipping.

Tom Parkes

The Tigress had the same lower half fuse mold as the IV as I recall.
The fuse is horizontally split down the middle.
I suspect they both use the same lower mold and landing
gear.

They did change the shape of the windows :)
You obviously have inside info Tom :)
Is it the same as the IV?

I stand corrected.

Paul Lamar

Paul,

You are correct about the 2-seat Tigress being derived from the Lancair IV,
however the Evolution is an entirely new "clean sheet" design.  The
fuselage, wings and tail feathers are entirely new.  It is a considerably
larger aircraft (5 ft. longer) designed to overcome the limitations
(fuel/payload) of the turboprop powered version of the Lancair IV, which had
very limited range.  With full fuel, the Evolution can carry over 950#
payload over 1300 miles--if you have sufficiently deep pockets to begin
with.

Tom

Thanks for the education Tom. I will be more careful in the future.
It just looked the same to me :)

Paul Lamar

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