what weighs 550kg has 190hp does about 350km/h

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my dads plane he has just finished his 9 year project .

just been to OZ ,and seen the plane allmost finished and doing some taxi runs down the runway .

its could a falco ,designed in the 1955 by an italian guy .

nick named the ferrari of the sky .

made mostly of plywood and spruce .

lots of laminates and bit of fibre glassing etc .

this one is fitted with a lycoming 180 engine with a few tweaks (better igition system and intake manifold and fuel control systems) .

weighs about 550kg dry , maybe another 200kg with fuel oil etc plus people.

std cesna's with similer engine weigh about twice that weight .

has got retractable landing gear .

very slippery shape .

takes for ever build lots of glue and time .

FALCO web page

http://www.seqair.com/Workshop/Aitkenhead/...l#anchor1006842

2 specs pages specs pages

Edited February 26, 2006 by Brent HARTGE535i

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outside southport aero clubrooms

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front view with my dad and step mum

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pic of engine .

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"The Ferrari of the air"

From the day it first flew in 1955, the Falco has been called "the Ferrari of the air". This Italian design is sleek, strong, agile and fast. There are two seats. Control sticks. A bubble canopy for all-around visibility. It's an outstanding cross-country plane, with thousand-mile range and full IFR capability. And fast. A few examples have even topped 230 mph--on the standard 160 hp engine.

A superb aerobatic ship, the Falco is a graceful ballerina in the sky. Cuban eights, loops, rolls, snaps and spins are only a flick of the control stick away. The agility is astonishing, and the handling is legendary. The controls are light and precise, and after pulling through a smooth series of rolls and loops, the comparison with jet aircraft becomes inevitable.

The Falco is also strong. Aerobatic certification means the Falco can easily take loads which would break an ordinary airplane. And even for pilots who always keep the wings level, it's nice to have that strength.

The Falco's proven record and engineering puts it in a class by itself. It was designed by Stelio Frati, one of the great aircraft designers of all time. It was certified as a production aircraft. It was built as a production aircraft and has a history of over 40 years of use by pilots in Europe. Now, with many refinements, the Sequoia Falco is a modern, state-of-the-art aircraft built from kits and flown by pilots all over the world.

Compared to ordinary aircraft, the Falco is an Arabian stallion among plowhorses. It is a classic, timeless design that has everything you could ask of an aircraft: looks, speed, efficiency, aerobatics, strength, and--above all--an absolute joy to fly.

The Falco. A plane for all seasons--and all time.

[Jazzbass 1]

Excellent. Homebuilts are cool.

Last one I flew was a Bert Rutan Varieze - brilliant - impossible to stall with the front canard.

Then, in 1970, I got married and that put an end to my flying as a hobby (My wife's grandfather was killed flying an Auster - he was CFO at Stratford).

I always wanted to build a Jim Bede BD5.

[Guest Spargo]

Awesome, my flatmates are flight instructors, I love getting that high.

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badass.

flying = win.

[shadowninja 0]

I had an introductory lesson in flying a helicoptor in October... man that is so much harder than it looks!

[bumpstop325 0]

are these turbo?

what is the max altitude?

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are these turbo?

what is the max altitude?

no turbo , produce max Hp at about 1800to 2000rpm . max 2500rpm

goes to as high as you can breath about 10000feet