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"Why cant one put a 210HP on
a Legacy RG?"
Assuming an appropriate engine mount is available,
or can be fabricated, yes, you can use an IO-360 in a Legacy RG. It
will accelerate slower, climb slower, and cruise slower than an RG with an
IO-540 or IO-550. (By the way, a few people are using the Lycoming
IO-580). I haven't heard of a customer RG using the smaller
engine but if you do you might have to move some things around for
balance reasons. I think the factory prototype Legacy originally flew
with a turbo-normalized Lycoming IO-360. It had good performance at
altitude (i.e. up near 18,000 ft) but was a bit disappointing in takeoff
and climb.
Of course the bottom line is the Legacy is
experimental so you can use whatever you want.
Tom Gourley
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