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Jabiru engine in a Gyro

Postby t-bird » Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:09 pm

Is there a reason why nobody have tried this ?

3 liter Jab engine 120 hp lighter than 914 which give you 115 HP for 5 minutes 100 Hp guaranteed.
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro

Postby Jabbanaught » Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:21 pm

t-bird wrote:Is there a reason why nobody have tried this ?

3 liter Jab engine 120 hp lighter than 914 which give you 115 HP for 5 minutes 100 Hp guaranteed.

And at 1/3 the price !!!!
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro

Postby saraf » Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:33 pm

2.5 L - 165Hp Subaru engine......
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro

Postby weedy » Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:54 pm

I stand to be corrected, but a small diameter prop in a pusher does not work to well, and jabi's like their cooling, perhaps in a fully enclosed, streamlined single seater.
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro

Postby t-bird » Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:09 pm

Eben maybe the Subaru boxer diesel.
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro

Postby saraf » Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:58 pm

mmmm, you never know...........
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro

Postby Vertical Tango » Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:32 pm

I wanted to put a Jabi 120HP in a Xenon. The local agents have no interest and do not even reply to e-mails.
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro

Postby Johannes Cronje » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:33 am

Vertical Tango

If you say; "The local agents have no interest", do you refer to the Jabiru agents or Xenon agents?

I also thought it could ba a viable option.

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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro

Postby Vertical Tango » Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:30 pm

Johannes Cronje wrote:Vertical Tango

If you say; "The local agents have no interest", do you refer to the Jabiru agents or Xenon agents?

I also thought it could ba a viable option.

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I am talking about the Jabiru agents. I have sent pictures of the Xenon to explain that it would be a pusher, might have heating problems etc... and I had to follow it up with phone calls. Two years later, I am still waiting. A bit late now as I have fitted a brand new 914.
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro

Postby THI » Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:37 pm

Vertical Tango wrote:
Johannes Cronje wrote:Vertical Tango

If you say; "The local agents have no interest", do you refer to the Jabiru agents or Xenon agents?

I also thought it could ba a viable option.

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I am talking about the Jabiru agents. I have sent pictures of the Xenon to explain that it would be a pusher, might have heating problems etc... and I had to follow it up with phone calls. Two years later, I am still waiting. A bit late now as I have fitted a brand new 914.
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro

Postby Johannes Cronje » Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:11 pm

From what I heard there is a long waiting list for Jabiru engines if not used for Jabiru plane. Could explain why they never came back to you. But I must emphisize it is hearsay.
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro

Postby Vertical Tango » Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:35 pm

Then a simple email would explain that ! :roll: Nothing like keeping potential customers informed.
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