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Post by spaz12 on Nov 28, 2015 15:31:34 GMT -5
I did not know they made planes too.
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Post by 90GTVert on Nov 28, 2015 15:53:27 GMT -5
I'm just relieved that TaoTao doesn't make planes.
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Post by spaz12 on Nov 28, 2015 15:58:26 GMT -5
LOL yeah, that would be all bad.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2015 17:40:37 GMT -5
The 4T aircraft are more dependable.
Bill
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Post by Fox on Nov 28, 2015 18:04:17 GMT -5
I see those fly over sometimes. They are very loud and have a distinctive sound no other plane has.
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Post by niz76 on Nov 28, 2015 18:18:47 GMT -5
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Post by 190mech on Nov 28, 2015 18:19:47 GMT -5
Ive never worked on one,but know guys who have.Typical Italian engineering,a rocket,but a bitch to keep up!I heard they are all on a lease arrangement so Piaggio 'owns' them all and can collect them if liability becomes too great..Cool design though,no prop deice boots needed as the exhaust gas runs over the blades and keeps them warm at all times..
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Post by spaz12 on Nov 28, 2015 18:52:16 GMT -5
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Post by Fox on Nov 28, 2015 19:21:05 GMT -5
I see those fly over sometimes. They are very loud and have a distinctive sound no other plane has. There's a good chance that you're seeing the Beechcraft Starship, which is a canard design pusher. They look very similar No I've never seen a Starship. They are Avanti's I have been a plane nut since I was a toddler. I see a lot of Long EZ's which are a Rutan designed single piston engine, pusher propeller with a rear wing and a forward canards. John Denver crashed and died in a Long EZ.  It comes in a jet version but I haven't seen one of those.  |
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Post by 190mech on Nov 28, 2015 19:32:32 GMT -5
All but a few Beech Starships were bought back by Beech..Another neat design,but the old standard B200 had it beat in very many ways..Its composite construction did help Beech to design the carbon woven one piece fuselage in the later Beech Premier jets..
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Post by spaz12 on Nov 28, 2015 20:39:46 GMT -5
We have a Long EZ out at the North Las Vegas airport that I see every once in a while when I go flying in my uncles MSE. I also see a Starship flying around sometimes with it's very distinctive pusher prop sound. It's quite a site  |
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Post by spaz12 on Nov 28, 2015 20:42:44 GMT -5
All but a few Beech Starships were bought back by Beech..Another neat design,but the old standard B200 had it beat in very many ways..Its composite construction did help Beech to design the carbon woven one piece fuselage in the later Beech Premier jets.. And they are still popular and extremely expensive planes. Some even costing more than jets! |
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Post by tiny on Nov 29, 2015 11:18:37 GMT -5
Piaggio has bine building aircraft for about 100 years now starting in WW1 but are best know as a scooter/motorcycle builder.
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Post by aeroxbud on Nov 29, 2015 20:38:41 GMT -5
I see those fly over sometimes. They are very loud and have a distinctive sound no other plane has. Must have a BBK and a race pipe fitted  |
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Post by Fox on Nov 30, 2015 9:14:54 GMT -5
I see those fly over sometimes. They are very loud and have a distinctive sound no other plane has. Must have a BBK and a race pipe fitted Nah it's the props. They spin super fast. This vid doesn't really do them justice but it gives you an idea of the sound they make. Usually when I see one they are pretty high up like 10,000 ft. and they are still super loud on the ground. |
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