For the real engineers here

On Jun 27, 8:34 am, Stealth Pilot
wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:56:07 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
It passes the reasonableness test as far as I can see. Any serious
disagreements?

For those of you who do things in metric units? I went to school a
long long time ago, and here in the US I can buy a little Briggs and
Stanton (spelling?) engine with a horsepower rating, not a kilowatt
one.

check out the french website for Michele(sp) Colomban's Luciole. it is
an ultralight single seater designed for the Briggs & Stratton engine.

also do a search for details of Leeon Davis's DA8. you'll be surprised
at how fast a Briggs and Stratton engine can pull an aircraft.

Stealth Pilot



Thanks. I wanted to be sure I had not missed anything obvious in
thinking about power demands, and there's ample verification now that
I had not.