---------------------------------------------------------- Pulsar-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 07/27/11: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 11:28 AM - Reviving the Pulsar (rockford67) 2. 11:51 AM - Re: Reviving the Pulsar (pilot623) 3. 11:58 AM - Re: Reviving the Pulsar (Cody Austin) 4. 03:18 PM - Re: Reviving the Pulsar (Kym Cleggett) 5. 06:26 PM - Re: Reviving the Pulsar (Solly Melyon) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 11:28:28 AM PST US Subject: Pulsar-List: Reviving the Pulsar From: "rockford67" Okay, since there isn't much chat happening...thought this might make for interesting discussion. so here's a longshot.... Seems that lightweight, fuel efficient affordable aircraft are going to quickly become the most desirable, unless you have an unlimited fuel budget. A trip in my 172 leaving this weekend is going to run me $800 in fuel for about 14 hours flying there and back - ouch! If only my Pulsar was through with it's import... So who has the tooling and rights to the Pulsar XP these days? Is it still in El Salvador? Was new tooling built down there? The more I tinker with mine the more I think the kit needs to be put back into production, albeit with some improvements. I wonder what it would really take to accomplish this and how much money would be involved? Imagine a light sport eligible example, only a bit bigger, with a 912 or 914. It could easily meet the requirements of LSA without changing the lines of the original design.... Chris Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=347862#347862 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 11:51:09 AM PST US From: "pilot623" Subject: RE: Pulsar-List: Reviving the Pulsar Chris, A similar but better plane is in development by Mark Brown and Greg Smith. Hopefully, it won't be that long until we see it featured on the cover of Kitplanes and Sport Aviation. Jim -----Original Message----- From: owner-pulsar-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-pulsar-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of rockford67 Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 1:28 PM Subject: Pulsar-List: Reviving the Pulsar Okay, since there isn't much chat happening...thought this might make for interesting discussion. so here's a longshot.... Seems that lightweight, fuel efficient affordable aircraft are going to quickly become the most desirable, unless you have an unlimited fuel budget. A trip in my 172 leaving this weekend is going to run me $800 in fuel for about 14 hours flying there and back - ouch! If only my Pulsar was through with it's import... So who has the tooling and rights to the Pulsar XP these days? Is it still in El Salvador? Was new tooling built down there? The more I tinker with mine the more I think the kit needs to be put back into production, albeit with some improvements. I wonder what it would really take to accomplish this and how much money would be involved? Imagine a light sport eligible example, only a bit bigger, with a 912 or 914. It could easily meet the requirements of LSA without changing the lines of the original design.... Chris Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=347862#347862 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 11:58:13 AM PST US Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: Reviving the Pulsar From: Cody Austin The owner of Pulsar died recently in a crash. Not sure what will happen to the designs. Just because newer designs are coming out does not mean they will necessarily be better. The current designs have many hours of testing behind them. http://nycaviation.com/2011/05/small-plane-crash-in-el-salvador-kills-three/ - Cody On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 1:27 PM, rockford67 wrote: > > Okay, since there isn't much chat happening...thought this might make for > interesting discussion. > > so here's a longshot.... > > Seems that lightweight, fuel efficient affordable aircraft are going to > quickly become the most desirable, unless you have an unlimited fuel budget. > A trip in my 172 leaving this weekend is going to run me $800 in fuel for > about 14 hours flying there and back - ouch! If only my Pulsar was through > with it's import... > > So who has the tooling and rights to the Pulsar XP these days? Is it still > in El Salvador? Was new tooling built down there? The more I tinker with > mine the more I think the kit needs to be put back into production, albeit > with some improvements. I wonder what it would really take to accomplish > this and how much money would be involved? > > Imagine a light sport eligible example, only a bit bigger, with a 912 or > 914. It could easily meet the requirements of LSA without changing the lines > of the original design.... > > Chris > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=347862#347862 > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:18:28 PM PST US Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: Reviving the Pulsar From: Kym Cleggett No need to change anything as there is already a "bigger" Pulsar the SP100. Same wings and great looks but bigger fuselage with more width and headroom. Loved mine and was most upset to lose it in an out landing following an engine failure. Kym Australia On 28/07/2011, at 3:57 AM, rockford67 wrote: > > Okay, since there isn't much chat happening...thought this might make for interesting discussion. > > so here's a longshot.... > > Seems that lightweight, fuel efficient affordable aircraft are going to quickly become the most desirable, unless you have an unlimited fuel budget. A trip in my 172 leaving this weekend is going to run me $800 in fuel for about 14 hours flying there and back - ouch! If only my Pulsar was through with it's import... > > So who has the tooling and rights to the Pulsar XP these days? Is it still in El Salvador? Was new tooling built down there? The more I tinker with mine the more I think the kit needs to be put back into production, albeit with some improvements. I wonder what it would really take to accomplish this and how much money would be involved? > > Imagine a light sport eligible example, only a bit bigger, with a 912 or 914. It could easily meet the requirements of LSA without changing the lines of the original design.... > > Chris > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=347862#347862 > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 06:26:52 PM PST US From: Solly Melyon Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: Reviving the Pulsar Hei Kym, Thanks a lot for the complement.- The SP100 is truely the best plane out there. Solly Melyon AeroMax Aviation www.aeromaxaviation.com 323.841.4822 --- On Wed, 7/27/11, Kym Cleggett wrote: From: Kym Cleggett Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: Reviving the Pulsar No need to change anything as there is already a "bigger" Pulsar the SP100. - Same wings and great looks but bigger fuselage with more width and head room.- Loved mine and was most upset to lose it in an out landing followi ng an engine failure. Kym Australia On 28/07/2011, at 3:57 AM, rockford67 wrote: > > Okay, since there isn't much chat happening...thought this might make for interesting discussion. > > so here's a longshot.... > > Seems that lightweight, fuel efficient- affordable aircraft are going t o quickly become the most desirable, unless you have an unlimited fuel budg et. A trip in my 172 leaving this weekend is going to run me $800 in fuel f or about 14 hours flying there and back - ouch! If only my Pulsar was throu gh with it's import... > > So who has the tooling and rights to the Pulsar XP these days? Is it stil l in El Salvador? Was new tooling built down there? The more I tinker with mine the more I think the kit needs to be put back into production, albeit with some improvements. I wonder what it would really take to accomplish th is and how much money would be involved? > > Imagine a light sport eligible example, only a bit bigger, with a 912 or 914. It could easily meet the requirements of LSA without changing the line s of the original design.... > > Chris > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=347862#347862 > > > > > > > > > > le, List Admin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message pulsar-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Pulsar-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/pulsar-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/pulsar-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.