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Turbine Found/Bush Hawk?

Could an Allison 250 Turbine be mated to a BushHawk taildragger and yet be a better value than a Soloy 206, beaver, or caravan?
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Re: Turbine Found/Bush Hawk?

hmmm, I wonder... I'll ask my buddy who has a bushhawk. The problem with most soloy, 206/207 is the fuel tanks. They dont have aux. fuel pumps in the tips so when you're low on fuel and you enter a circuit, there is high risk of engine failure when banking...believe me, its happened many times (i speak from experience in one case) ...I'm sure a quick google search will reveal few reports. The good thing about the soloy is you might as well call them rotary aircrafts!! they can climb! I flew to the soloy factory in Olympia, WA in 99' and saw their caravan prototype...it was called the Pathfinder 21... a stretched out caravan with two coupled soloy turbines up front...wicked aircraft but the project never took off... i'll see if I can dig out some photos. BCT
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