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Sun Dec 09, 2018 6:54 pm
I watched the video!!! Tks for posting the link.
So it is basically a Cessna 150 on float!!!!! Fun analogy. And he is ready to get 2 done.
VERY cool video.
Sun Dec 09, 2018 9:07 pm
Note that the same Chilean Museum Kingfisher was originally mentioned back in the third post of this thread (and which has a link that contains the very same photo as on the Wiki page).
The Kermit Weeks video, as always, provided some very interesting insights (I really enjoyed all the discussion over some of the re-work they had to do and details on the Yagen P-39 project as well). Until watching that video, I never paid much attention to the Kingfisher engine/powerplant before, and it was interesting to listen to the perspectives of both individuals concerning how one puts a value on something so "niche". And after watching the video with the close-ups of the fairly complete wing, tail and fuselage sections, and getting a true sense of scale, the airframe, without floats, is also quite a bit smaller than I had once thought it to be - only five feet longer than a BT-13 and with a wingspan 6 ft shorter than a BT-13 (both the stock BT-13 and Kingfisher use the same powerplant, that being a 450 hp R-985). It would be great if Pioneer was able to contract with more clients interested in owning and operating a Kingfisher, so as to produce perhaps as many as say 5 examples, which could also reduce the overall cost per airframe (if there were to be enough identities/paperwork trails still in existence/available).