Simviation Forum - Turbine Lancair

Jan 31^st, 2007 at 12:58am

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

eBay LINK HERE

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

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For $350k it is just toooooooooo ugly.

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Reply #2 - Jan 31^st, 2007 at 2:50am

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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 31^st, 2007 at 5:34pm

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Now THAT's high performance!

Maybe so, but it's sooooooooooooooooooooooo ugly!

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Reply #4 - Feb 1^st, 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 15^th, 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.

Dave

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Reply #6 - Mar 24^th, 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 24^th, 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 24^th, 2007 at 11:46pm

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elite marksman wrote on Mar 24^th, 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 25^th, 2007 at 10:59am

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In the rear passanger seat? Wink

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Reply #10 - Mar 25^th, 2007 at 6:51pm

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elite marksman wrote on Mar 25^th, 2007 at 10:59am:

In the rear passanger seat? Wink

Then where do the supermodels go?

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

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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...

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

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elite marksman wrote on Mar 25^th, 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 26^th, 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 26^th, 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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Reply #15 - Mar 26^th, 2007 at 9:13pm

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I didn't have a choice about this paper. Have to take, and pass English 3 in high school. Sad

My teacher told us our paper had to be on American Lit, so I chose imagery in Poe's "Cask of Amontillado." I hate it, but its the topic I like the most, and arguing with my teacher is pointless: he has a Ph. D, is an associate professor of English at Rowan University, and has taught me almost everything I know about how to write. My grades on papers went from 65-75% in English 1 and 2 to 85-95% in his class.

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Reply #16 - Mar 30^th, 2007 at 10:30am

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Well who am I to talk. I just stayed up untill 3am working on an assignment I didn't realize was due untill 10pm the night before.

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Reply #17 - Mar 30^th, 2007 at 4:01pm

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I think I've got you beat one that one too. Cry

I once pulled an all nighter finishing an assignment that was due the day before...

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Reply #18 - Mar 31^st, 2007 at 12:17pm

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I blame simviation, and the entire internet for our procrastination! We should burn this place down! Wink

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Reply #19 - Apr 16^th, 2007 at 10:57am

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Its a pretty neat idea but I would rather have a Columbia 400 if I had 500k to drop on a plane. I wonder what the operating costs are per hour on a turbo prop lancair compared to a Columbia 400 because at the FBO that I work at 100LL is well over 4 bucks and Jet A is around 3.70 a gallon.

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Bill

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