Towplane performance

It sounds like you don't want a plane, you want an
engine.

How about a
G-164 Super Ag Cat C with a 600hp turbine? Looks like
they are $50,000 US maybe?

The aggies love 'em, so they can't be TOO pricey for
maint.
Fuel cost is maybe a bit higher, but you specified
PERFORMANCE, right? Gotta pay SOMETHING for that...


A nice experimental sticker and a towhook/looksie by

whatever govt. agency and bzzzz...you're off!

Good luck...I hope the propwash doesn't blow the wings
off...
maybe use a longer towrope? :P

At 07:30 03 April 2005, Chris Rollings wrote:
I can't think of any regularly used towplane that will
achieve what you want. A 260 hp Pawnee will probaly
launch a Janus safely in anything but a significant
tail-wind component, but you won't usually get 300
feet over the fence, except on cool, windy days. Why
do you need the 300 foot margin?

At 22:30 02 April 2005, Roy wrote:
Our operation has started the hunt for a new towplane.
The main criteria is that from our 2200ft strip at
sea level we need
to have a two seater (janus) 'over the fence' at 300ft
in still air.

What would you recommend?
Dont dwell on purchase cost but rather performance/running
costs

We would consider
a) Used
b) New
c) Experimental/anything else.

Thanks for your thorts.





Mark J. Boyd