I have a Prowler engine in my hanger. It's an aluminum 215 Oldsmobile block with a Buick 300 crankshaft for 266 cu. in. It's (supposed) to produce 250 HP @ 4342 RPM (prop 2,600 RPM) It has the reduction unit but no carb. Anyone wants it for $500.00 come and get it in Hood River, OR. Bob 541 980-1723.
Exactly!
Agree with that. My old 1959 straight tail C-172 with no paint to save weight, doors off most of the time, single seat for me most of the time to save weight and camera holes in the floor, cramera flip down glass doors in the rear side doors and all the latest King IFR panel, and autopilot, flown in the Restricted Category workplane was beautiful to me. Liked the money it made.
Had the same engine in a 1968 VW bug built on a box steel frame. Nice power and a great engine. Someone needs to grab that up.
Jeez, you're the other side of the continent, or I would!
Lots of good paying flying jobs out there, just have to look for them. I had one of the best and my grandson has the best there are.
Me too. My Buick engine came from WY and a local friend was out there Bear hunting and picked it up for me.
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Wow, I can't see how that makes economic sense unless lumber is a worth a LOT there or that is some very special wood. Harvesting pine in the southeast US is barely a break even proposition today even when done in the most low-budget, direct way possible, trucked straight to nearby mills. A helicopter? They'd laugh you out of town.
I agree with you, helicopters will never make economic sense, but the K-Max is probably the best bang for the buck in heli-logging nowadays! Had the chance to fly one at USNTPS, probably the easiest rotorcraft I have ever flown! I still love my Osprey; when I get back from my honeymoon in a week I get to try my hand at a thing called "Valor"...
‘Eye of the beholder’ and all that...
Yes, because we love them all.
Or newer variant MiG-35 ?
