And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I'm thinking the wing loading on a lifting surface so small might be kinda high. But then again, the size of the prop might overcome the small wing area.
It has an 8 cylinder engine of something like 782 cubic inches. It's a true monster... Mike has a Youtube channel about this and Draco, another of his creations.
Actually it would be worse. Some aircraft manuals limit the amount of time the engine is run with the cowlings off to avoid overheating. Cowlings create a higher air pressure above the cylinders to encourage airflow downward through the cooling fins. Baffles between the individual cylinders and between the cylinders and the cowling make sure all the cooling air flows between the cooling fins. Al_in_Ottawa
I'm thinking the wing loading on a lifting surface so small might be kinda high. But then again, the size of the prop might overcome the small wing area.
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ReplyDeleteThat's Mike Patey's creation.
ReplyDeleteIt has an 8 cylinder engine of something like 782 cubic inches. It's a true monster... Mike has a Youtube channel about this and Draco, another of his creations.
Big prop up front. This should almost qualify as a rotary wing design.
ReplyDeleteGoing without a cowling over the engine is great for cooling but would add a lot of drag, I think.
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That prop looks like something out of a Victorian steampunk aeroplane.
ReplyDeleteKinda lousy cut and paste photoshop job, no way all those components work together on a piper.
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