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Jan 31st, 2007 at 12:58am

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Here's a new one, a turbine powered Lancair, for only $350K...

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eBay LINK HERE
 

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Reply #1 - Jan 31st, 2007 at 1:15am

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For $350k it is just toooooooooo ugly.

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Reply #2 - Jan 31st, 2007 at 2:50am
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Quote:
Performance            
Cruise            370 mph @
24,000 ft. (typical)

Stall Speed            74 mph (dirty)

Takeoff Distance            1,200 ft. (gross @ sea level)

Landing Roll            1400 ft.
(with Beta)

Cross Wind Landing            21 mph component

Fuel Consumption            33 gph
(330 h.p. 0.67 Sfc)

Maximum Range            1,400 sm
(with reserves)

Rate of Climb            7,000 fpm (solo)
4,000 fpm (gross)

Engine            Walter 601E turbine

Horsepower            750 h.p. @ sea level


Now THAT's high performance!
 
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Reply #3 - Jan 31st, 2007 at 5:34pm

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Quote:
Now THAT's high performance!


Maybe so, but it's sooooooooooooooooooooooo ugly! Smiley
 
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Reply #4 - Feb 1st, 2007 at 2:28am

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Probably tried to save a few $$$ by installing a longer engine instead of a short PT-6...
But he can fly in Africa whitout having to worry about engine replacement (It's the same powerplant that the L410 uses)
 

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Reply #5 - Mar 15th, 2007 at 10:35pm

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I've seen a couple of turbine conversions of the Lancair for sale online.  Those plans were ungodly fast for a piston engine plane, I can't imagine one with a turbine.  Most of the ones I've seen for sale list around $550-$600 thousand dollars.
 
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Reply #6 - Mar 24th, 2007 at 11:32pm

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1400 mile range seems improbable.  It has such a small fuel capacity from what I've noticed.  Maybe I'm wrong, maybe fueling one just like it (and flying one similar to it) doesn't count for much but wouldn't it have to carry about 125 gallons to reach 1400 miles?  Looking at the wing area (where the tanks are) its not very large.  But, maybe I'm wrong.

Anyways, when fully loaded with fuel, it doesn't have the hauling capacity that I would want in a plane,  and its a Walter and not a P&W.
 

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Reply #7 - Mar 24th, 2007 at 11:39pm

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Could there have been extra tanks added in the fuse? Possibly behind/in the place of the baggage compartment.

Just a thought.
 
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Reply #8 - Mar 24th, 2007 at 11:46pm

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elite marksman wrote on Mar 24th, 2007 at 11:39pm:
Could there have been extra tanks added in the fuse? Possibly behind/in the place of the baggage compartment.

Just a thought.

I don't remember if there is, but still- in place of the baggage compartment?  WHERE DO I PUT THE BEER?
 

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Reply #9 - Mar 25th, 2007 at 10:59am

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In the rear passanger seat? Wink
 
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Reply #10 - Mar 25th, 2007 at 6:51pm

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elite marksman wrote on Mar 25th, 2007 at 10:59am:
In the rear passanger seat? Wink

Then where do the supermodels go?
 

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Reply #11 - Mar 25th, 2007 at 7:45pm

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In your lap! Cheesy

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Reply #12 - Mar 26th, 2007 at 10:32am

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elite marksman wrote on Mar 25th, 2007 at 7:45pm:
In your lap! Cheesy

Note to self: Never wait until the day before the sources are due to start slogging though peoples theses and dissertations to find source material for your research paper...

*Theisis*

You mean you don't get an adrenaline rush from procrastination like me?
 

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Reply #13 - Mar 26th, 2007 at 3:38pm

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Oh, I do, its just that after the adrenaline wears off and the fatigue sets in (about 2:00 am), other people's doctoral dissertations and abstracts for their Master's papers begin to make very little, if any, sense.
 
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Reply #14 - Mar 26th, 2007 at 8:47pm

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Thats why I picked psychology, much more interesting articles.

I'm taking an anthropology course, and I can't keep my eyes open while reading them.  It hurts my brain just thinking about it.
 

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