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Turbo Dakota question
Happy Holidays to the group.
I would like to know more about the turbo Dakota. I understand it was built for only about a year around 1979-80 and has a TSIO-360 200 HP engine on an airframe similar to an ArcherII. Why only a year? Is it considered a desirable airplane? -- Best Regards, Mike. http://flickr.com/photos/mikenoel/ http://photoshow.comcast.net/mikenoel |
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Turbo Dakota question
In a previous article, "Mike Noel" said:
Happy Holidays to the group. I would like to know more about the turbo Dakota. I understand it was built for only about a year around 1979-80 and has a TSIO-360 200 HP engine on an airframe similar to an ArcherII. Why only a year? Is it considered a desirable airplane? I doubt it's a 200 hp engine. The non-turbo Dakota has a 235 hp engine. But yeah, it's the same fuselage as the Warrior, Archer, Arrow, etc. -- Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/ "using Outlook to read e-mail is like licking public toilets; using Outlook with a virus checker is like taking antibiotics and then licking public toilets (it might work, but it's hardly optimal" -- David Megginson |
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Turbo Dakota question
In a previous article, Clark said:
(Paul Tomblin) wrote in : In a previous article, "Mike Noel" said: Happy Holidays to the group. I would like to know more about the turbo Dakota. I understand it was built for only about a year around 1979-80 and has a TSIO-360 200 HP engine on an airframe similar to an ArcherII. Why only a year? Is it considered a desirable airplane? I doubt it's a 200 hp engine. The non-turbo Dakota has a 235 hp engine. But yeah, it's the same fuselage as the Warrior, Archer, Arrow, etc. Why do you doubt it's a 200 hp engine? It's a TSIO-360 FB and Continental rates it for 200 hp at 41 inches MP. Because I stupidly assumed that if they called it a "Turbo Dakota" instead of "Turbo Archer", it would have more in common with a Dakota than an Arrow with the gear welded down. -- Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/ Microsoft: bringing the world to your desktop -- and your desktop to the world. -- Peter Gutmann |
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Turbo Dakota question
Mike Noel wrote:
Happy Holidays to the group. I would like to know more about the turbo Dakota. I understand it was built for only about a year around 1979-80 and has a TSIO-360 200 HP engine on an airframe similar to an ArcherII. Why only a year? Is it considered a desirable airplane? Think of it as a fixed-gear version of the turbo arrow. Even though it was called a Dakota, I believe it has more parts in common with the arrow than the dakota. |
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Turbo Dakota question
Clark wrote:
Bob Noel wrote in : Mike Noel wrote: Happy Holidays to the group. I would like to know more about the turbo Dakota. I understand it was built for only about a year around 1979-80 and has a TSIO-360 200 HP engine on an airframe similar to an ArcherII. Why only a year? Is it considered a desirable airplane? Think of it as a fixed-gear version of the turbo arrow. Even though it was called a Dakota, I believe it has more parts in common with the arrow than the dakota. They're all the same airframe, just different engines and landing gear. I believe the wing spar and other structural items are different between the turbo dakota and the regular dakota. |
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