Turbine Lancair

[Mobius]

Here's a new one, a turbine powered Lancair, for only $350K...



eBay LINK HERE

[expat]

For $350k it is just toooooooooo ugly.

Matt

[DizZa]

Performance            
Cruise            370 mph @
24,000 ft. (typical)

Stall Speed            74 mph (dirty)

Takeoff Distance            1,200 ft. (gross @ sea level)

Landing Roll            1400 ft.
(with Beta)

Cross Wind Landing            21 mph component

Fuel Consumption            33 gph
(330 h.p. 0.67 Sfc)

Maximum Range            1,400 sm
(with reserves)

Rate of Climb            7,000 fpm (solo)
4,000 fpm (gross)

Engine            Walter 601E turbine

Horsepower            750 h.p. @ sea level

Now THAT's high performance!

[C]

Now THAT's high performance!

Maybe so, but it's sooooooooooooooooooooooo ugly!

[Ivan]

Probably tried to save a few $$$ by installing a longer engine instead of a short PT-6...
But he can fly in Africa whitout having to worry about engine replacement (It's the same powerplant that the L410 uses)

[DaveSims]

I've seen a couple of turbine conversions of the Lancair for sale online.  Those plans were ungodly fast for a piston engine plane, I can't imagine one with a turbine.  Most of the ones I've seen for sale list around $550-$600 thousand dollars.

[The Ruptured Duck]

1400 mile range seems improbable.  It has such a small fuel capacity from what I've noticed.  Maybe I'm wrong, maybe fueling one just like it (and flying one similar to it) doesn't count for much but wouldn't it have to carry about 125 gallons to reach 1400 miles?  Looking at the wing area (where the tanks are) its not very large.  But, maybe I'm wrong.

Anyways, when fully loaded with fuel, it doesn't have the hauling capacity that I would want in a plane,  and its a Walter and not a P&W.

[elite marksman]

Could there have been extra tanks added in the fuse? Possibly behind/in the place of the baggage compartment.

Just a thought.

[The Ruptured Duck]

Could there have been extra tanks added in the fuse? Possibly behind/in the place of the baggage compartment.

Just a thought.

I don't remember if there is, but still- in place of the baggage compartment?  WHERE DO I PUT THE BEER?

[elite marksman]

In the rear passanger seat?

[The Ruptured Duck]

In the rear passanger seat?

Then where do the supermodels go?

[elite marksman]

In your lap!

Note to self: Never wait until the day before the sources are due to start slogging though peoples theses and dissertations to find source material for your research paper...

[The Ruptured Duck]

In your lap!

Note to self: Never wait until the day before the sources are due to start slogging though peoples theses and dissertations to find source material for your research paper...

*Theisis*

You mean you don't get an adrenaline rush from procrastination like me?

[elite marksman]

Oh, I do, its just that after the adrenaline wears off and the fatigue sets in (about 2:00 am), other people's doctoral dissertations and abstracts for their Master's papers begin to make very little, if any, sense.

[The Ruptured Duck]

Thats why I picked psychology, much more interesting articles.

I'm taking an anthropology course, and I can't keep my eyes open while reading them.  It hurts my brain just thinking about it.