Pulsar with a turbine?

Talk to Doug Swocherth(spelling?), heck of a nice guy, just very busy.
He built his homebuilt design helicopter with Rotax power, then adapted
Solar, then went to helicycle airframe.

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:10:50 -0500 (EST), (Marvin
Barnard) wrote:

Talk to Doug Swocherth(spelling?), heck of a nice guy, just very busy.
He built his homebuilt design helicopter with Rotax power, then adapted
Solar, then went to helicycle airframe.

THanks.

Bill

I realize this is a troll but here I go anyway:

The Pulsar I had would hit Vne at WOT on a 65hp, Rotax 582. Why would I
want a turbine?

Rick Pellicciotti


It wasn't a troll. I didn't know that. What was the determining
factor for Vne? Was it control flutter, as it is in most low speed
gliders? I mean, why couldn't you run that baby at 150 knots? Was it
just not designed for that speed or was it flutter?

BWB

"Badwater Bill" wrote in message

It wasn't a troll. I didn't know that. What was the determining
factor for Vne? Was it control flutter, as it is in most low speed
gliders? I mean, why couldn't you run that baby at 150 knots? Was it
just not designed for that speed or was it flutter?

BWB



You could run a new one at that (Super Pulsar 100). Not blazing fast like a
Lancair turbine, but should be able to get about 180-185 kts VNE.

Cheers,
Bob

In article ,
(Badwater Bill) writes:


It wasn't a troll. I didn't know that. What was the determining
factor for Vne? Was it control flutter, as it is in most low speed
gliders? I mean, why couldn't you run that baby at 150 knots? Was it
just not designed for that speed or was it flutter?

BWB



They haven't found anybody with the balls to test it beyond that point.


Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)

Every few months the idea of using an old APU built by Solar or Allied
Signal pops up here in R.A.H. There are good reasons this should be
considered a poor idea.

I've collected a file of posts by engineers and others familiar with the
issues and problems in trying to turn an APU into an aircraft propulsion
engine.

Anyone who is interested can email me and I'll send them this collection.

Andrew Russell



Rick Pellicciotti wrote:
"Badwater Bill" wrote in message
.. .

Anybody ever think about putting a SOLAR turbine on the front of a
Pulsar? Ric Stitt tells me his planetary transmission will drive a
prop at 3000 rpm as a constant rpm output from the SOLAR. At about
150 hp and using the prop at constant rpm with varying pitch, that
baby ought to go Vne in level flight.

Anyone out there ever think about this?

Badwater Bill

I realize this is a troll but here I go anyway:

The Pulsar I had would hit Vne at WOT on a 65hp, Rotax 582. Why would I
want a turbine?

Rick Pellicciotti
Andrew Russell