CLS447
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- Joined
- Oct 30, 2003
- Messages
- 6,324
- Location
- Reading, PA
- Aircraft
- Air Command 503 & Air Command SxS /EJ2.5
- Total Flight Time
- Aprox 400 gyro
I am rethinking my KB2 project....... I wanted to use the EA81 Subaru engine that wasn't strong enough for my 2 place.
I have everything I need to make it run & it is just sitting there collecting dust. I am just going to polish the frame & powder coat all the brackets.
So I bolted the frame together to see what the engine looks like on the frame. I was going to do a drop keel so the thrust line was good & so
it could spin the 68" Warp drive. The motor mount that I have for it was probably designed to spin a 52-26 2 blade prop ( which I have ). To use the Subaru with the Redrive & Warp prop, I would have to drop that rear keel, 12" !
If I leave the motor right where it is, I would also need a taller mast& longer control rods and so on and so on.......and a longer nose wheel.
I have a nice EA81 with electric start & direct drive prop. I am thinking that I should just put it together with the direct drive setup, & do something
else with the redrive engine (sell it ? )
Doesn't that sound much easier & less expensive ? A classic KB2 powered by Subaru ?
What do you all think ? I will snap some photos today.
I have everything I need to make it run & it is just sitting there collecting dust. I am just going to polish the frame & powder coat all the brackets.
So I bolted the frame together to see what the engine looks like on the frame. I was going to do a drop keel so the thrust line was good & so
it could spin the 68" Warp drive. The motor mount that I have for it was probably designed to spin a 52-26 2 blade prop ( which I have ). To use the Subaru with the Redrive & Warp prop, I would have to drop that rear keel, 12" !
If I leave the motor right where it is, I would also need a taller mast& longer control rods and so on and so on.......and a longer nose wheel.
I have a nice EA81 with electric start & direct drive prop. I am thinking that I should just put it together with the direct drive setup, & do something
else with the redrive engine (sell it ? )
Doesn't that sound much easier & less expensive ? A classic KB2 powered by Subaru ?
What do you all think ? I will snap some photos today.