skyring
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 Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:54 am Post subject: Cessna with Rotax new |
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Just starting a new thread on this as the other one wandered off and I apologise for this being a bit off topic...
In Europe a few Cessna's have been fitted with Rotax 912S. Follow this link to see the one that my aero club had converted.
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/096902.html
I flew it a couple of times and the performance in both climb and cruise was better than an 0-200 C150 - and I guess this was mainly due to the lighter weight and the nice big geared constant speed propeller. It was an expensive conversion (don't have the figures - just passing on gossip) and the club had high hopes that it would pay itself off with lower running costs and satisfy a large number of club members who like to fly C150's. In the end the project was abandoned because not enough members took to it and the engine was eventually put into a Katana. The remains are now up for sale.
Why it didn't prove more popular (had very good range) is hard to say but somehow it didn't work. The only negative I could see was the poorer visibility over the big cowling.
Kerry
Kitfox S5 912S in the test flying phase
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