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Old 01-23-2014 | 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Speedy-Gonzales
What is the rate of fuel consumption?
The engine has been installed on a Hanger 9 DHC-2 Beaver. It was a lot of work to get it on this airplane but the effort was well worth it. I don't have the final solution prop installed yet but the 22x12 two blade prop for the test flight worked well but has very little ground clearance. A 20x12 three blade is on the way for me to try out. With the 22x12 the fuel burn rate is around 2 ounces per minute WOT. I have a 32 ounce tank so that gives me an easy 10-12 minute flight with a reserve.

The engine runs fantastic. Here is the build link that has the test flight video. Sorry for the poor camera work but my volunteers had never used a video camera before.

http://www.***********s.com/forums/s...t=87710&page=9