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Van's RV-15 (Next thing coming?)

915is

I would like to see a 2 seater built around thie rotax 915 powerplant bigger and faster than the RV 12. I see a number of 200 mph planes out of europe using this engine. Retractable gear would be nice and a build time of 500-700 hours.

range should be similar to RV14 or more due to the low fuel consumption
 
How about?

I could really see something like this catching on!

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Work the hopper into the fuel system, and you'd have some absolutely ridiculous range and endurance. Assuming that's an 802 and 400lbs/hr fuel burn, that's about 17 hours! Heck it has more fuel than the my day job Dash 8. Although I don't want to pay the fuel bill.
 
Sling High Wing

Doesnt that plane pretty much match your spec. Its about 160 mph cruise 1000lbs useful load, sips fuel on 141HP turbo fadec controlled Rotax 915. 4 seater. The only thing is it takes 700ft to get off the ground when fully loaded. Its a bit expensive though
 
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