Greetings,
I was talking to Fred this
morning, and he mentioned something I hadn’t considered about the use of the
turbo. The would have to be a huge gyroscopic load on the bearings of
the turbo when doing aerobatics. The more I’ve thought about it, the
more I can’t recall ever hearing of an aerobatic plane with a turbo.
Certainly something to think about.
I have to admit that I came VERY
close to removing the turbo today, but I’ve come this far, and now have the
BUC (big ugly cowl) sized to fit everything, so I’m going ahead with the
turbo. Of course the weight and balance could shoot the turbo out of the
water too. Unfortunately, I seem to be at the eternal 2 month to
completion mark :-)
Rusty
Turbo 13B powered RV-3
(experimental aircraft)...Be Afraid :-)
1993 RX-7 R1... Not stock, carry
bail money :-)
Interesting point on the
gyrosopic loads, the wheels are fairly low mass, but very high RPM so the
loads could be considerable.
Yes, the dreaded old 90%
complete 90% to go point. Been there also!
Ed