Turbine Legacy

[laminar]

Hey Guys,

Last year's winner of the Mojave Experimental Flyin Experimenter of the year trophy Mike Patey is at it again. This time putting a PT-6 on a new highly modified Lancair Legacy. The program is aggressive both in schedule and in engineering, and we are psyched to watch.

Check it out!

LINK

Elliot

[Samuel]

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Will he be able to run for the records he broke last year or was that piston powered only?

[laminar]

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Will he be able to run for the records he broke last year or was that piston powered only?

Piston is a different class from turbine is a different class from turbo prop.

Which means a whole new group of records to go for!!

Get psyched!

[CJAM427]

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I had to read that twice the first time I saw that.
Should be some wicked performance! -The Patey bros do good work!

[laminar]

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Mike got the engine hung.

Holy smokes!!

http://www.mojaveflyin.com/2015/02/m...update_21.html

[CJAM427]

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Wow!! That's wicked!

[flyboycpa]

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I guess it's safe to assume that this Turbulence will have the carbon-fiber wrap for the tail for the extra speed/loads.

very cool!

Sam Swift

[laminar]

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I guess it's safe to assume that this Turbulence will have the carbon-fiber wrap for the tail for the extra speed/loads.

very cool!

Sam Swift

The whole airplane is wrapped with several plies.

Check out the list of mods!!
http://www.mojaveflyin.com/2015/02/m...omination.html
http://www.mojaveflyin.com/2015/02/m...cy-update.html

[AAFO_WSagar]

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Mike got the engine hung.

Holy smokes!!

http://www.mojaveflyin.com/2015/02/m...update_21.html

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Ummmmm... wire feed welder and argon... auahh auahh auahh....

[FlyKidChris]

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I guess it's safe to assume that this Turbulence will have the carbon-fiber wrap for the tail for the extra speed/loads.

very cool!

Sam Swift

I can't help but wonder if a guy with this much energy, time and coinage is interested in the Unlimited Class...?

[thunderstangfan]

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because for some people, aviation doesn't begin and end with warbirds...

[FlyKidChris]

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because for some people, aviation doesn't begin and end with warbirds...

Hi Todd,

If your post was in reply to mine, who said anything about warbirds? I was wondering if a guy with a Lyc 780 powered Legacy who then moves to a turbine Legacy might find a way to do a new composite Unlimited (composites are where his experience is, eh?)? Or something along those lines anyway.

I enjoy the Sport Class - if I had the coinage, I'd be there myself.

Blue skies, Chris

[thunderstangfan]

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without going in the twin engine direction, what engine are you going to use to propel an airframe that meets the 4,000lb limit?
sorry, but I just assumed a warbird or a warbird power plant.
If it isn't intended to race then your options are better.
this being a racing forum, that's the first thing that came to mind.

[FlyKidChris]

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without going in the twin engine direction, what engine are you going to use to propel an airframe that meets the 4,000lb limit?
sorry, but I just assumed a warbird or a warbird power plant.
If it isn't intended to race then your options are better.
this being a racing forum, that's the first thing that came to mind.

Todd, thanks for the reply.

You wrote, "without going in the twin engine direction" and actually, that's just what I was wondering about (that's a bad fault of mine, I daydream about air racers and air racing quite a bit). Would a twin engine version of the Legacy (a la Twin Mustang P-82) be capable of over 400 mph? Let's see - two turbo'ed 780s, extend the tail cone length and tail size to get more tail volume... Would a twin weigh enough?

Ah, nevermind. It won't happen, but that's the kind of thing that I wonder about.

It does intrigue me to see a guy like Mike Patey go "gonzo" on yet another project. That is, a Lyc 780 powered Legacy wasn't enough!? So that got me to wondering about the project after the turbine Legacy.

[thunderstangfan]

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it is good that someone has money to spend on airplanes... if I did it wouldn't be a twin, but something similar to a gp-5 but a big enough airframe to handle a big block chev with massive boost...