gofastclint Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 http://www.polenspecial.com/ What a top looking aircraft, 500kmph on 180hp and its all metal! I wish it came as a kit. What are your thoughts gentlemen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cloudsuck Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Sex on wings :thumb_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gofastclint Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 Sex on wings :thumb_up: I know, hot The people on the website love to talk crap, but the plane is cool. single seaters may not be popular, but get 10 of your mates together with one each and a trip down the coast would be a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydog Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Wow WOW WHAT AN AIRCRAFT!!!! Dont know if it will glide very far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcamp Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Dont know if it will glide very far? Drag is low so probably pretty good angle One way of looking at it is 320 mph=469 fps 180hp, 90% prop efficiency @ 469fps drag=190lb=86kg wt C1b is 500 to 1,000 kg so ~ 6:1 at 320mph (278 kts) if only 500kg more if heavier @ say 120 mph square relation gives 12 kg say 20 to allow for increased a of a and induced drag, so more than 25:1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydog Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Xlnt work Great work jcamp, thanks. What about glide on a RV6A? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gofastclint Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 Great work jcamp, thanks.What about glide on a RV6A? Speaking of hot, your RV-6 looks great, did you build it yourself? what motor are you running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastmeg2 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Hate to rain on your party, but there's a 250kt speed limit up to 10,000ft and RAA aren't allowed above 10,000ft. Do you think you can put up with slowing it down that much. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gofastclint Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 Hate to rain on your party, but there's a 250kt speed limit up to 10,000ft and RAA aren't allowed above 10,000ft.Do you think you can put up with slowing it down that much. ;-) If I owned a plane like that, I'd either stick to those limits or go GA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydog Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Speaking of hot, your RV-6 looks great, did you build it yourself? what motor are you running? Thanks GFC, I did not build it as I am not a builders a---hole and have the attention span of a rabbit. I bought it with a partner from a builder in Kingston SA. The plane gets lots of attention for the build and paint quality. It has a standard lycoming 160hp so a TAS of about 145 Kts one up. At height it can go faster and with a strong tailwind can be very exciting. Ground speeds of 180 kts or faster are not uncommon. Standard 6 pack steam gauges, no gizmos, just nice , simple and fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cloudsuck Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Yeah nice RV Dog, are you going to register it RAA when the 760kg comes in? Is it VH-LDC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gofastclint Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 Yeah nice RV Dog, are you going to register it RAA when the 760kg comes in? Is it VH-LDC? Too bad the RV8 just misses out on the new change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydog Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Dear Cloudsuck MTOW 749 Not sure about changing over to the 760kg class. May do the maintenance course and keep it VH. run costs have been rather low fortunately. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cloudsuck Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 MTOW 749Not sure about changing over to the 760kg class. May do the maintenance course and keep it VH. run costs have been rather low fortunately. Thanks Which maintenance course? Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydog Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 maintenance Dear Cloudsuck, Good name by the way, you must have done some gliding. No I dont think you have missed anything. CASA will soon allow builder pilots to do maintenance to their aircraft a bit beyond what is already allowed. You will have to attend and pass a course run by your org, like RAA or SAAA. This will then be extended to non-builder owners like me. The SAAA has a good article on it on the front page of their website.SAAA - We are the Builders of AUSTRALIAN EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT This will reduce maintenance costs in general for me. RAA are discussing the same thing right now for ultralight builders and owners.I think there was discussion about it in the last magazine . Rgds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cloudsuck Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Wow, that is good news if it gets up for non-builders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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