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.
Jabiru engine in a Gyro
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro
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
2.5 L - 165Hp Subaru engine......
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro
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
Eben maybe the Subaru boxer diesel.
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mmmm, you never know...........
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro
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
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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.
Johannes
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.
Johannes
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro
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.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.
Johannes
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro
Fiiting a new 914 to your Xenon?Vertical Tango wrote: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.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.
Johannes
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Re: Jabiru engine in a Gyro
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
Then a simple email would explain that !
Nothing like keeping potential customers informed.

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