Putting RC on hold for a more "rewarding" project

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Originally Posted by TexasSP

Planes don't work that way and a crate 383 is not approved by the FAA for airplane use. You can't put land vehicle logic into an airplane. You also have total airframe weight capacity to worry about and using a fuel tank to balance weight is bad because fuel is not a constant.

The rotary engines are THE motor for light sport aircraft like that and for a reason.

The plane he has will also have to be inspected and FAA approved before flight. The flying world is just a whole different animal than the way ground transportation works.

Actually you can put a car engine in an airplane I have seen it done on.

http://www.sccoa.com/forums/showthre...light=airplane

I have even seen Wankle engines in homebuilts. The Lycoming and Contential engines are glorified VW engines (except the heads do not come off, you slide the entire "Jug" off).

Originally Posted by rootar

your gonna use cherry max rivets? a GOOD peunmatic will be around 900-1k and well the manual ones are a PAIN in the rear...... get ya a rivet gun an assortment of bucking bars and rent you a little mexican kid and have some fun!

I was that little Mexican kid...

Jeff