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    Brake it down and take it!

    What about a LSA weight-shift trike? The wings are built along hang-glider lines and can be collapsed into a long but compact package, the carriages on many are very simple and could also be broken down, and some models can do upwards of 100mph with the right engine and wing combination...
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    PropGen software

    If you're running a 64bit chip then it's not quite 100% Intel... Intel's implementation of 64bit processors (Itanium) was a flop, barely made it out of the server room and was very expensive, not only hardware wise but software wise as well (would run 32bit applications in an emulator...
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    Oiled wood?

    I'm taking over a Mini-Max scratch-built airplane. The previous owner had stored the completed wing ribs and spar in a machine shop, where everything in the place gets a thin coating of a vegetable-based cooling oil from the CNC Milling machines they have running there. The spar was mostly...
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    experimental aircraft for business use

    On the topic of flying for business travel, i.e. work is sending me to _____ city, and I decide to make the trip using my own airplane instead of commercial airliner or car, with work reimbursing me for the travel expenses (within reason, i.e. cents per mile). Is that possible with a private...
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    Volvo 5 cylinder turbo.

    double post
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    Volvo 5 cylinder turbo.

    Yah, from what I've seen "overbuilt" is one of the characteristics of this engine, modders have pushed them to 400+hp and used them as everyday runners without any noticeable strain on the engine and good reliability (the limiting factor I seem to see is actually the transmissions, all the ones...
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    Volvo 5 cylinder turbo.

    D3-220 - Engine range : Volvo Penta According to several sources the Volvo Automotive D5 (Diesel) engine is the same as the Volvo Penta D3 engine, a marine engine. The differences that I have been able to find: ECU and Turbo tuned for marine performance (max RPM 4k, hp 220, running at steady...
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    Volvo 5 cylinder turbo.

    Volvo Introduces the New D5 Motor According to this post, which looks suspiciously like a press release, both the Diesel and Gas i5 share block and heads (both aluminum), so both weigh in around 185 kilo (407lb). I'm not sure if this weight is just block & head or if this includes normal...
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    Volvo 5 cylinder turbo.

    Thanks for the HP vs Torque, it's been a point of confusion for me before. Between your comments here and other comments around the engine areas of this forum I think I've gotten that misconception ironed out. Back to the original topic of the Volvo 5 cylinder engines, I'm really starting to...
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    Volvo 5 cylinder turbo.

    Finding a PSRU for it would be the big issue, power seems good (I currently own a Volvo C30 R-Design, Out of the factory engine is running 250hp) The interesting bit is what you want more, torque or HP, if it's torque you may be able to run with a 1:1 PSRU, the max torque for the engine runs...
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