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1. 08:55 AM - Re: Bear 360 / Radial engine pod (Barry Hancock)
2. 01:38 PM - Re: Bear 360 / Radial engine pod (Tim Gagnon)
3. 02:45 PM - Re: Re: BMA pod for radials (Cliff Coy)
4. 06:33 PM - Re: Bear 360 / Radial engine pod (Cpayne)
5. 08:43 PM - Re: Bear 360 / Radial engine pod (flir47)
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| Subject: | Re: Bear 360 / Radial engine pod |
No airplane is perfect...but even when comparing the Bear to the T-28 about the
only way the T-28 comes out on top from a practical flying standpoint is in horsepower
and gross weight. The Bear is significanly faster in cruise (210 KTAS
v. 180 KTAS), burns 1/3 the fuel (15 gph v 45 gph for the afore mentioned numbers),
is a NEW airframe....and cost perflight hour is about 1/10th of what
a T-28 is.
Don't get me wrong, I really like the T-28...have about 35 hours PIC in our good
friend Walt Fricke's airplane...it's really a CJ on steroids. But at 90 gph
at Take off and 45-50 for 180 KTAS, and big maintenance costs, you can fly an
L-39 for about the same money.
That being said, the cool factor of sitting up high, lighting off that big radial,
and pouring the coals to it on take off is hard to match!
At the end of the day they are all cool airplanes....and enough different shapes
and styles for all of us. My problem is I seem to like 'em all! LOL!
Cheers,
Barry
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Barry Hancock
Worldwide Warbirds, Inc.
www.worldwidewarbirds.com
www.cj6.com
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| Subject: | Re: Bear 360 / Radial engine pod |
Barry,
But the two cost the same and I would be willing to bet you will not see a Bear
in 50 years......
The purpose of kit planes is that you are supposed to a get a ton of airplane for
not a lot of money. This does not meet that standard.
Look at the Thunder Mustang (which is a rockin' airplane!!!), stunning performance,
good looks, cheap to operate (relative) and the thing failed to garner many
buyers and simply went away. Why? Too much money among other things.
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| Subject: | Re: BMA pod for radials |
I just sent Larry Romig a cylinder to play with. There's a well cut
into both sides of the cylinder just below the spark plug holes. This
would be a good choice for a surface mounted probe. A wrap around wire
clip would easily hold a probe on.
Cliff
Barry Hancock wrote:
> <bhancock@worldwidewarbirds.com>
>
>
>>
>> Barry
>>
>> Sounded like the only issue on the Blue Mtn was the cyl head probes
>> on air
>> start engines? Anything else not worked out?
>>
>> Thx, J
>
>
> Hi Jay,
>
> The CHT issue is correct, so we are working with BMA to address that.
> Also, instead of their regular engine pod being adapted to suit
> radials, this is a dedicated radial engine pod to cover both Housai
> and M14's. Additional features include: engine timer, pneumatic
> pressure input, and metric units. More details to follow...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Barry
>
> Barry Hancock
> Worldwide Warbirds, Inc.
> 7000 Merrill Ave. B-110, Unit J
> Chino, CA 91710
> (909) 606-4444 office
> (949) 300-5510 cell
> www.worldwidewarbirds.com
>
>
> .
>
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| Subject: | Re: Bear 360 / Radial engine pod |
Hmmm, would that happen to be 'ole Blue? The one that has appeared at SNF for 2
years now and sat over at Columbia ramp until a few weeks ago with no canopy
cover? If so, I hope that the production version is a lot better finished.
Craig Payne
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| Subject: | Re: Bear 360 / Radial engine pod |
Whew! This is a tough crowd. To give some credit to Barry here. I can appreciate
the time and engineering that went into this thing!
Now with that said..... 200K for it? You fallen down bumped your head and skinned
your knees too! I wouldnt spend 200K for a new Yak either. Just not worth it!
As far as a t-28 goes Its a T-28! If I had 200K to spend on a t-28 then.. I
dont give a rats ass about the fuel either!
I have to agree with Tim here!
I fly a Yak 50 because.. I cant afford a real war bird!
Yaks used to be bang for the buck! When the buck gets bigger then the bang.look
for something else! Some of the prices I see coming from the Yak plant. are insane
and only an Idiot would pay that kind of money for a 52. When they have
them piled up and cant sell them, maybe they will think twice.
Barry a word from a consumer in times of a crappy economy:
Screw the glass panel! No one with a real WB has one. Save that stuff for the powder
puff plastic airplanes with ballistic parachutes! Engineer the cost out
of it, and invest in someone with experience to make it look better.
Keep the nose to the grindstone!
Then Again. there is an ass for every seat
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You built and fly an RV.......BIG DEAL!!!!
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