testwest Posted November 6, 2015 Report Posted November 6, 2015 As I said...."absent economic justification...."
M20F Posted November 6, 2015 Report Posted November 6, 2015 It would be cheaper to just buy the aerostar. He already has one of those ;-)
DrBill Posted November 7, 2015 Report Posted November 7, 2015 This would be a great start. Convert to EXPERIMENTAL and install a turbo diesel and new g1000 panel. Bill
Sabremech Posted November 7, 2015 Report Posted November 7, 2015 I believe that since it's a certified aircraft, it can't be converted to an experimental category. There's a chance that it may be able to be put into experimental exhibition category but the limitations are much more restrictive and you probably wouldn't like them.
Alan Fox Posted November 9, 2015 Report Posted November 9, 2015 I was down in Winchester this morning , and looked at this bird , It is so cool , I touched it , looked under the hood , and sat in the wonderful Recaro seats....It is glorious , I was told by the owner that even the TC was cancelled , they cant cancel the TC on the engines in the field....He said that would be the equivalent of Piper pulling the TC on all the Cubs.....Kinda makes sense , he also said that the Valve springs could be sourced from the car dealers inventory , and issued as owner supplied parts , No clue as to the reality of the statements , but he is a pretty knowledgeable guy who owns a well respected engine shop......
Shadrach Posted November 10, 2015 Report Posted November 10, 2015 1 hour ago, n74795 said: I was down in Winchester this morning , and looked at this bird , It is so cool , I touched it , looked under the hood , and sat in the wonderful Recaro seats....It is glorious , I was told by the owner that even the TC was cancelled , they cant cancel the TC on the engines in the field....He said that would be the equivalent of Piper pulling the TC on all the Cubs.....Kinda makes sense , he also said that the Valve springs could be sourced from the car dealers inventory , and issued as owner supplied parts , No clue as to the reality of the statements , but he is a pretty knowledgeable guy who owns a well respected engine shop...... Did you stop in to visit Tom?
Alan Fox Posted November 10, 2015 Report Posted November 10, 2015 1 hour ago, Shadrach said: Did you stop in to visit Tom? Yes , and made a new vendor , bought a bunch of radios from him..... Great trip.. 1
Shadrach Posted November 10, 2015 Report Posted November 10, 2015 22 minutes ago, n74795 said: Yes , and made a new vendor , bought a bunch of radios from him..... Great trip.. cool! They have 3 courtesy Crown Vics at the FBO. Winchester is nice little town worth seeing. A lot of excellent food.
Raptor05121 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Posted November 10, 2015 On 11/7/2015, 3:51:51, Sabremech said: I believe that since it's a certified aircraft, it can't be converted to an experimental category. There's a chance that it may be able to be put into experimental exhibition category but the limitations are much more restrictive and you probably wouldn't like them. There is an Aerostar 680 at my home airport with two Chevy V8's under the cowling with "EXPERIMENTAL" on the door. Art Mattson had a Cherokee 140 in the experimental category for speed mods. He was cruising at 165 I think.
triple8s Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Posted November 10, 2015 (edited) Unless this ad is a lie, and it VERY well may be how can they fly this legally. The ad says certified in 2012, I checked the registration and it says classification is experimental and category is exhibition. http://www.trade-a-plane.com/for-sale/aircraft/TurboProp/Beechcraft/Lightning http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N-241FS The PFM (with a different FWF) be in the same class and cat. As this machine I'd imagine. Edited November 10, 2015 by triple8s
Sabremech Posted November 10, 2015 Report Posted November 10, 2015 10 hours ago, Raptor05121 said: There is an Aerostar 680 at my home airport with two Chevy V8's under the cowling with "EXPERIMENTAL" on the door. Art Mattson had a Cherokee 140 in the experimental category for speed mods. He was cruising at 165 I think. These are experimental- research and development aircraft. They have strict operating limitations and are not like the experimental aircraft people build and fly.
Alan Fox Posted November 10, 2015 Report Posted November 10, 2015 I was surprised to find out that the Tradewinds conversion is also experimental cat..
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