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Old 01-19-2008 | 11:27 AM
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Default RE: gas fuel with glo plug no ignition

You know it John, it's a blast to fly. It's just like being inside a large model airplane. Empty weight is 282lbs, top speed is 160mph, cruise 125mph. With a roll rate of about 100deg/sec it rolls well and glides at 13:1. The fuel is 50:1 premix of 87 autogas and mineral oil and engine is a Rotax 447 with 40hp. It burns 2.5gph in cruise yielding about 50mpg on cross-countries. In aviation dollars, that's just about free. There's a video of me flying it on Youtube: [link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3-3nZ6sXkI]My Private Rollercoaster[/link]