The main drawback is weight - even more than the neat wilksch diesel.
The Honda CAM-125 is a very heavy 247 pounds as per their website spec
sheet at http://www.firewall.ca/main.html (one their products page)
there are also some installation pics of Alex's installation on their
photo gallery page. They mentioned that they moved the engine further
back than the standard rotax installation to get within CG limits.
Alex sure does have a slick aero package from the pics!
Cheers,
Pete
A239
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From: tom@tompaul.com [mailto:tom@tompaul.com]
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Honda Europa
This sounds very interesting. I would like to know more. Was it a
troublesome custom instal? What reduction unit? Which engine? less
expensive than a rotax, i assume, but is it safe? What are the
drawbacks? many questions...
Inquiring minds want to know.
tom paul
nyc
60% done xs mono on the way back to flight crafters.
On May 18, 2004, at 2:09 AM, Rob Neils wrote:
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> Alex Bowman has flown ~10 hours with no problems with his Honda
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> He's getting ~ 2,000 feet/min climb!
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> He'll be at Arlington.
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> Rob Neils
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