rsrguy3 Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 What ever happened to the soloy turbine conversions from years back? I remember a Cessna skymaster with a faired out nose and a Soloy turbine in the pusher slot. If available would that work on a cozy? -Guy http://soloy.portal.acrosonic.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsrguy3 Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 The power plant is 317 lbs. -Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Zeitlin Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 What ever happened to the soloy turbine conversions from years back? I remember a Cessna skymaster with a faired out nose and a Soloy turbine in the pusher slot. If available would that work on a cozy?In theory? Sure. But you've got two problems - first, you'll be burning 30-50 gph, so you'll have all of a 1 hour flight duration with VFR reserves. Second, they spin the prop at 1800 RPM. Good luck handling 400 HP efficiently with a 70" propeller spinning 1800 RPM on the back of a COZY, CS or not. You'll need a LOT of large, paddle blades, and the efficiency will not be great. Quote Marc J. ZeitlinBurnside Aerospacemarc_zeitlin@alum.mit.eduwww.cozybuilders.org copyright © 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsrguy3 Posted October 15, 2007 Author Share Posted October 15, 2007 Ya gotta love theory. Is there a smaller derated turbo prop that burns less? Not that I'd have the$$$$ to buy or use one? You know scince were theorizing. I just came back from looking at a friends LE and I'm stoked, again. He only needs to do the final fill and prime and then paint. He has an 0340 and says he can get a 2000 mi range. That sounds a bit on the high side. Is it? -Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Riley Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Depends on how big his tanks are. If he took them out to the ends of the strakes, he's got about 60 gallons and he could do it easily, if he slows down to about 120 kts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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