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Old 08-09-2006 | 10:16 AM
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How bout taling Dubb in building a four stroke for that Tripe?
Nah... he is not a 4c type of guy. Too many parts. The chinese seem to have those figured out pretty well as it is.
Fitting a 4c into the VK trip is a serious pain in the butt. I did that on the Camel and it was a big mistake. Engine size/weight/position/cooling are important, and it needs a 14" dia prop - flys best that way. Tripe use to have a ST bluehead in it. Now has an old webra 61 (altered a bit - tiny carb) - a bit too heavy. The 76L actually fit in there nicely, and it outperforms that blue head and webra on a 14x6, and is lighter. Might be a fun experiment. The plane is somewhere around 15 years old now.

ok.. enough.... getting a bit OT here.... [&:]