[SA] One of a kind?

[s.vannostrand at kodak.com]

True, and an aspect that I hadn't considered.  So the new breed of pattern 
designs (Smaragd, Aries) have about a 6 1/2 wide cockpit leading to a 
wingspan of about 31 feet.  This is closer to normal. 

In thinking on this same track, the cowl volume might not have, in the 
past, been large enough to hold a 330 hp Lycoming engine.  However, new 
engines are becoming much more powerful at the same size and pattern 
planes are getting larger, streamlined cowls.  The Smaragd has an 8 1/2 
wide cowl, which is similar to an Extra in our scale. 

Maybe these two worlds will cross over in the near future and pattern and 
IMAC will become one??!!?

--Lance

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Using a 32 inch wide cockpit as the goal, a full scale Prophecy would be 
52 feet long with a wing span of about 50 feet. 

Quite a big single seater!

 John Ferrell 
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 ----- Original Message ----- 

From:  Terry Terrenoire 

To:  discussion at nsrca.org 

Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 6:54 PM

Subject: Re: [SA] One of a kind?


The reason is that you could not fit a full scale pilot into a scaled up 2 
meter plane. Once you widen the fuze to at least 32 inches. you have an 
Extra!

 Terry T.

  On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:50:00 -0600  s.vannostrand at kodak.com writes:


The "big" question is: Why don't professional full scale guys fly pattern 
designs?  Maybe flying this thing would answer that.  Could it fly worse 
than an Extra300 in the giant scale? 
--Lance 

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