Welcome to the group ! The Moose is an excellent choice
if you want to haul a load off the water !!!
Don't know about the Predator, but Brian Robinson has well
over 800 hours of flying time on his LS-1 powered Seabee, and at
least 6 others in various stages - AND has made up mounts and redrives
specifically for the Moose !!! You can see the engine mounted on
a Moose on one page on his web site: www.v8seabee.com
I really like his approach to the project - he uses off-the-shelf
parts wherever possible, and de-rates for long life. He even has
air conditioning in his Seabee ! :-)
It would be interesting to see how his price compares to others.
I know he's not junk-yard cheap (he uses all NEW engines ...),
but it's still more power and better fuel economy than a Lycosaurus,
and his engineering has been well proven in flight. I've seen the
performance - it's awesome !!
That said - if you have a look around Murphy's site, you will
see photos of Al Paxia's Lycoming powered Moose - a real beauty !
He's getting VERY comparable performance to the M-14P, and
a clean looking airplane to boot. It <is> a modified engine - you'd
have to dig in the archives to see what Al had done to it - but
it is working very well !
......bobp
PS
This seems to have been sent to the Rebel Ramble list -
it would get more answers at rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Also, Brian, you seem to have some kind of anti-spam system
turned on, and it is replying to everybody on the list ...
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On Thursday 19 August 2004 07:58 pm, rebel@dcsol.com wrote:
Hi guys,
I'm new to this board. I'm in the early stages of thinking about a Moose
and I was really intrigued by the Predator Aviation LS1 engine. Does
anyone know if they have installed one in a Moose year? Looks like it
would be perfect! I sent them an email.
I also checked out the Bombardier V330 at Oshkosh this year. It looks
nice, but it won't be available for a while and it also looks like it will
cost $60K+ USD!
I live in the Boston area and fly floats in Northern Maine (on Moosehead
Lake). Are there any Moose drivers in the area?
Thanks,
Brian
Northernliving@sc.rr.com
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