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Richard Sohn has one running, but I didn't ask which gear he was
using.
I'm definitely going to
have to drop in on Richard soon :-)
Unless you make some of this out of aluminum, there is very little
weight
savings over the two rotor.
I'm not sure I agree with this. I
just posted a list of weights yesterday, that showed 66 lbs of weight that would
be removed from the basic engine. I forgot to include one of the
stationary gears, but since I have to add the 2 lb EWP, we'll call it
even. The external stuff (intake, exhaust, mount, PSRU, coolers, etc) will
be far less, approaching half the weight of what's needed for a typical 13B
installation. By my initial calculation (SWAG), I'll remove about 136 lbs,
and bring the installed weight down to 194 lbs. Aluminum end housings
would be nice, but the slingshot can handle this much engine weight, and it
would be interesting to initially do this with all the stock parts
possible.
The more I think about this, the more I
almost feel destined to try it. I'm about 95% sure I'll build a single
rotor, but the question now is whether I'll put the SS back together with the
912S while I'm working on the single.
Thanks,
Rusty
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