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cdewey6969(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:45 am Post subject: Nemesis ramblings

Buzz- The Nemesis kit is 138K. The engine is around

95K. Fast build options add 80K. As you can see it,

can easily push 500K or more when finished. I think

Kevin (flies Relentless) at sloair.com said it could

be done for under 400K. All of which is crazy money,

but hey, we can dream, and play lotto. They claim a

cruise of 300 knots at 12,000 feet with a 22 gph fuel

burn. The Vne is 370 knots. We're talking faster than

a Cirrus jet or Piper jet and similar speed to

Lancair's new Evolution million dollar home-build(with

a $400K jet engine)! The only thing that scares me

about the Nemesis is that because it eats up so much

runway on takeoff and landing is that if there was an

emergency and you had to land on a small strip

somewhere, you might kill yourself. Which leaves the

only option to bail and jump out with a parachute on

your back. But if you do that, you just lost 400-600K

because there is no available insurance for the plane.

Which makes you only want to fly it accross the

desert, where, like Kevin Eldridge found out with

Relentless, you can crash land it anywhere and survive

and get it flying again. Try doing that in a farm

field on the east coast or down the Caribbean chain.

The Nemesis really intrigues me because it seems like

you are getting jet speed, agility of a fighter plane,

and fuel efficency of a single. The only thing you

don't get is a whole airframe parachute which everyone

seems to want nowadays. If I had to sell my condo

which I bought cheap and now has gone up nicely and

virtually live on the street to have the Nemesis, it

might beat having a roof over my head.    

   Thanks for you detailed response to my questions, 

Charles

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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:31 am Post subject: Nemesis ramblings

Charles,

  

 What makes more  sense to me than spending $400,000 on a piston plane  is to buy a jet warbird.  Some of the trainers, like the L-29,  L-39,  T-33 etc can be bought for much less than $100,000.   They will be  faster yet tho they burn fuel like it was the 1950's.   But the  savings of $300,000 will buy a lot of fuel.

  

 Not sure the Cubans will be thrilled by your traversing their island in an  old fighter, but...  Screw em if they cant take a joke.

  

 Doug

  

 In a message dated 9/8/2007 11:46:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  cdewey6969(at)yahoo.com writes:

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Buzz- The Nemesis kit is 138K. The engine is around

95K. Fast    build options add 80K. As you can see it,

can easily push 500K or more when    finished. I think

Kevin (flies Relentless) at sloair.com said it    could

be done for under 400K. All of which is crazy money,

but hey, we    can dream, and play lotto. They claim a

cruise of 300 knots at 12,000 feet    with a 22 gph fuel

burn. The Vne is 370 knots. We're talking faster    than

a Cirrus jet or Piper jet and similar speed to

Lancair's new    Evolution million dollar home-build(with

a $400K jet engine)! The only    thing that scares me

about the Nemesis is that because it eats up so    much

runway on takeoff and landing is that if there was an

emergency and    you had to land on a small strip

somewhere, you might kill yourself. Which    leaves the

only option to bail and jump out with a parachute on

your    back. But if you do that, you just lost 400-600K

because there is no    available insurance for the plane.

Which makes you only want to fly it    accross the

desert, where, like Kevin Eldridge found out    with

Relentless, you can crash land it anywhere and survive

and get it    flying again. Try doing that in a farm

field on the east coast or down the    Caribbean chain.

The Nemesis really intrigues me because it seems    like

you are getting jet speed, agility of a fighter plane,

and fuel    efficency of a single. The only thing you

don't get is a whole airframe    parachute which everyone

seems to want nowadays. If I had to sell my    condo

which I bought cheap and now has gone up nicely and

virtually live    on the street to have the Nemesis, it

might beat having a roof over my    head.    

   Thanks for you detailed response to my    questions, 

Charles

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