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Now for something completely different...

This bad boy has a 6-speed transmission.


https://cosprings.craigslist.org/avo/d/ ... 93693.html


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Wow. Who needs a constant speed prop when you can have a motorcycle transmission.

Maybe in an NTSB report someday... “Pilot initiated a go around and forgot to downshift”

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"There I was, downwind, ready to turn on base, I just dropped it in second gear, slipped it and landed in the parking lot.. "

What can possibly go wrong?
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Now for something completely different...

This bad boy has a 6-speed transmission.


https://cosprings.craigslist.org/avo/d/ ... 93693.html

At least the Engine vs Prop RPMs are labeled on the panel.
Shifter is just under the instrument panel.
1st is 7200 Engine for 2500 Prop
6th is 2700 for 2500 prop.
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"There I was, downwind, ready to turn on base, I just dropped it in second gear, slipped it and landed in the parking lot.. "

What can possibly go wrong?
:lol:

Why do I hear 2 strokes in the dirt when I think of this thing flying?

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Now for something completely different...

This bad boy has a 6-speed transmission.


https://cosprings.craigslist.org/avo/d/ ... 93693.html

At least the Engine vs Prop RPMs are labeled on the panel.
Shifter is just under the instrument panel.
1st is 7200 Engine for 2500 Prop
6th is 2700 for 2500 prop.
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Screen Shot 2020-09-05 at 6.30.49 PM.png



The throttle is on the stick too! What could possibly go wrong? :bugeye:

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I'd have used an engine from a chain drive bike and mounted it sideways,
not a driveshaft bike.


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Im not sure someone fully understands how the "slope of the hill" doesn't change once you're in cruise. Moving to a lower engine rpm is not quite what he expects, I think.

This curve is informative
http://www.fjr1300.info/chart.html

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“Would you take a long trip in your car and drive in first gear all the way? NO! A plane should be no different.”

Hmm, maybe he has a point?

I may email and see if there videos of the taxi run and “test flight”.

There is just so much to love here.


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I think if I was being chased by drug lords and had the choice of this or the Raptor to escape in, I would choose this. Until proven otherwise, "now I've seen it all".


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No attitude indicator, no VSI, looks like a hand grip roll motorcycle throttle.

I love motorcycles and redneck engineering, but not this setup. This is NTSB job security.

If he made a YouTube video flying it, I would have to watch.

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No attitude indicator, no VSI,


Umm, you wouldn't be looking at those things in this.


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Interesting cowl mod. The frontal view is, I think, a Freudian Rorschach test.

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No attitude indicator, no VSI,


Umm, you wouldn't be looking at those things in this.


Who knows, maybe you would check your vertical speed to know when to downshift.

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Yeah, but it is only $34,500!


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