] Marv, That's almost it. 'Twas a turbocharged 360. I flew that airplane, so = equipped, and thought it was benign and did not let the Legacy realize = its potential as compared to a 320/360. Later, I flew the same Legacy = with the IO550 and it was like night and day - the zip was back.. I = think Lancair had always thought of the Legacy with engine options but I = don't think anyone has put a TIO 360 in it.=20 However, the FG Legacy should be fine with a TIO 360 since the empty = weight would be much less and, if one so wishes, gobs of fuel could be = stored where the wheels would go in the RG. Hmmmmmm, maybe the 550 = would be great in the FG....................=20 Scott Krueger AKA Grayhawk Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96 Aurora, IL (KARR) Fair and Balanced Opinions at No Charge! There is an oxymoron in that, somewhere... ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C5061C.63478690 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Lancair will make a carbon FG kit, ther is one up there now that i = think is=20 getting a 540.

Neal

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From:=20 Sky2high@aol.com=20
To: Lancair Mailing List

Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 = 8:22=20 PM

Subject: [LML] Re: I've got=20 questions...

In a message dated 1/28/2005 7:35:28 P.M. Central Standard Time, = marv@lancaironline.net = writes:
[I=20 could be mistaken, but if memory serves I believe the original = engine that=20
was planned for the Legacy was the Continental IO360, not the=20 Lycoming. It
didn't take long for folks to figure out that = the=20 IO550 would fit up front
just fine, and that has pretty much = become the=20 engine of choice. Lots of
water under the bridge = since those=20 days, but that's kind of how I remember it.
=20 <marv> ]

Marv,

That's almost it. 'Twas a turbocharged 360. I flew = that=20 airplane, so equipped, and thought it was benign and did not let the = Legacy=20 realize its potential as compared to a 320/360. Later, I flew = the same=20 Legacy with the IO550 and it was like night and day - the zip was = back.. I=20 think Lancair had always thought of the Legacy with engine = options but I=20 don't think anyone has put a TIO 360 in it.

However, the FG Legacy should be fine with a TIO 360 since the = empty=20 weight would be much less and, if one so wishes, gobs of fuel = could be=20 stored where the wheels would go in the RG. Hmmmmmm, maybe = the 550=20 would be great in the FG....................=20

Scott=20 Krueger AKA Grayhawk
Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96
Aurora, IL=20 (KARR)

Fair and Balanced Opinions at No Charge!
There is an = oxymoron=20 in that,=20 somewhere...

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