Kicking around various ideas for an inexpensive single-seater, I started looking for ways to fly on a $1,600 Honda GX630 engine. Add an Ace redrive and you are up to about $2,400. The specific GX690RHTDW remote-throttle model I looked at is rated by the factory a 22 hp but displacement/compression/RPM gives me a theoretical rating of 26 hp, so the fan is definitely using some power. Since I'll have a big fan attached to the redrive, I figure I could lose the fan blades, shrouds, etc. and gain some power, call it 2 hp. So, back to my LAA spreadsheet...
Does this make sense as a concept? Any thoughts on similar designs or inspirations to study? The production Farman F.451 Moustique certainly comes to mind as a quite similar concept.
Cheers,
Matthew
- 600 lb gross weight
- 250 lb pilot + fuel
- 350 lb empty weight
- 32' span
- 128 sq ft area
- 8.0 aspect ratio
- 1.5 max CL
- 24 hp
- 82 mph max level speed
- 74 mph 75% cruise speed
- 67 mph 55% cruise speed
- 35 mph stall
- 640 fpm climb
Does this make sense as a concept? Any thoughts on similar designs or inspirations to study? The production Farman F.451 Moustique certainly comes to mind as a quite similar concept.
Cheers,
Matthew
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