Return-Path: Received: from mta17.arn.net ([204.177.232.222] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 2752289 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:57:19 -0500 Received: from arn.net (pm3-2-35.ama.arn.net [209.40.130.35]) by mta17.arn.net (8.12.10/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hAK1uMQn002413 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:56:22 -0600 Message-ID: <3FBC1E53.440E491@arn.net> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:52:19 -0600 From: Roger Robertson Organization: ICOM Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en]C-CCK-MCD snapN45b1 (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: inline twin engines? References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------4701730C99F049E10BDF14A8" --------------4701730C99F049E10BDF14A8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sounds like a great project Ken, always did like my Skymaster spamcan. Like any Cessna, the outer couple feet of wing just goes along for the drag while at cruise. Think some VG's around the lower rear fuselage should get rid of some of the drag too. But then again, a twin engine Cozy looks awfully inviting... Roger Robertson Stuck in a TB20 for now. Ken Welter wrote: > That was a Defiant, I would love to have one of them but one that I > am seriously thinking of is a C-337 Skymaster two 13b turbo's as I > have a line on a hull and I would build new wings so I could get it > into the 51 percent rule. Ken > >> >> >> There was a canard plane with an extra engine in the nose >> >> at Arlington about 8 years ago. They were regular >> airplane >> >> engines. I think that was the same year I met Ken Welter >> >> there. Do you remember the plane Ken? >> >> Lonnie >> --------------4701730C99F049E10BDF14A8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sounds like a great project Ken, always did like my Skymaster spamcan. Like any Cessna, the outer couple feet of wing just goes along for the drag while at cruise.
Think some VG's around the lower rear fuselage should get rid of some of the drag too.
But then again, a twin engine Cozy looks awfully inviting...
Roger Robertson
Stuck in a TB20 for now.

Ken Welter wrote:

That was a Defiant, I would love to have one of them but one that I am seriously thinking of is a C-337 Skymaster two 13b turbo's as I have a line on a hull and I would build new wings so I could get it into the 51 percent rule. Ken

There was a canard plane with an extra engine in the nose

at Arlington about 8 years ago. They were regular airplane

engines. I think that was the same year I met Ken Welter

there. Do you remember the plane Ken?

Lonnie

--------------4701730C99F049E10BDF14A8--