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    Wing In Ground Effect Craft Design

    Haha, the original post said nothing about size, weight, power, or cost constraints. Almunium LS engines are cheap, dime a dozen as are over time air cooled engines, boat radar is realitivy cheap but the FLIR is about my yearly wages ... If you were to do it right to cross small areas such as...
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    Wing In Ground Effect Craft Design

    I don't see where it's such a hard task as long as you stay off the open ocean and out of 20 ft seas. Salt water is real corrosive as everyone knows but boats are in the water, jet skis are in the water, sea planes are in the water. As long as you take precautions to protect them as much as...
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    LS1 Engine for aircraft?

    I agree. I know the LQ9 and LQ4 (both 6.0s) are truck/van motors and can be bored out .30 "safely", the only difference between the 2 are pistons that give them different compression ratios, same heads 317 casting #s I believe with 72cc chambers ... You are spot on with the truck intakes making...
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    LS1 Engine for aircraft?

    Yes, the prev post was right about the weight, they all differ but are very close to that number. If you were using a LS motor I would most certainly put a thrust bearing for forces applied from the prop. They are not designed to take those types of forces and would have premature failure some...
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    LS1 Engine for aircraft?

    Fist post and joined just to comment on this. I know this is an older thread but ... When my dad died in 01 I got his brand new off the lot 5.3 vortec 327ish cubic inch (LS based) reg cab silverado 2wd. I was 14 at the time and my mother drove me everywhere in it until I was 15 -16. I am from...
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