HAL Pilot
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Aloha All
Looking for some comments from engineer types.
There's some new engines that are in development like the Higgs diesel, Turb aero, and liquid piston. The trend on all of these engines is they are way lighter than the current crop from lycoming. For example a 210 HP Falcon FL 200 is 167 lbs. So how would one add close to 140 lbs to the nose of an airplane (RV-14 in my case) to stay in CG?
Heavy Battery or two
Heavy Starter
Air Conditioning ? I live in the desert.
Solid steel engine mounts bars vs tubes?
Heavy crush plate?
Bolt steel plate to Engine?
Bolt steel plate to firewall? Would make it bullet proof for those head on engagements ;-)
Heavier prop vs new Carbon fiber? (Least favorite)
Looking for some comments from engineer types.
There's some new engines that are in development like the Higgs diesel, Turb aero, and liquid piston. The trend on all of these engines is they are way lighter than the current crop from lycoming. For example a 210 HP Falcon FL 200 is 167 lbs. So how would one add close to 140 lbs to the nose of an airplane (RV-14 in my case) to stay in CG?
Heavy Battery or two
Heavy Starter
Air Conditioning ? I live in the desert.
Solid steel engine mounts bars vs tubes?
Heavy crush plate?
Bolt steel plate to Engine?
Bolt steel plate to firewall? Would make it bullet proof for those head on engagements ;-)
Heavier prop vs new Carbon fiber? (Least favorite)