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This Muscle Biplane was built and is flown by:
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| Fuselage was copied from Kermit Weeks Solution. Appearance differs as I chose to do what possible to straighten the banana belly of Pitts and I used the Gordon Price Ultimate cowling. |
| Advantage weighs in empty
at 1150 pounds. This weight is with full electrical and radios which
are comm. loran and transponder. Obviously, this weight could be
trimmed a substantial amount by elimination of all electrical components. |
| Engine began life as 300 HP IO540-K1E5
but has been modified with
Barrett cold air induction, ported & polished, 10/1 pistons, Barrett recommended camshaft, B&C starter & alternator and Frame Up Engineering exhaust system. The engine currently has five hours since overhaul by G&N. I have not put this engine on a dyno. However, my friend Dan McGarry has made exactly the same modifications and his engine produces 368 HP on dyno. |
| Propeller is Hartzell composite
with only one hour since installation.
To explain low propeller time, I was one of the original purchasers of Hartzell composite prop. Those of us who purchased the early composite were promised replacement as Hartzell came to final design. This is the replacement propeller. All new including governor and spinner. |
| Wingspan is 17' 10" with 38' chord.
Both top and bottom wings have 7
degree sweep back. The wings feature wood leading edges and ailerons which are hinged at 30% of chord. This gives remarkable (very superior to conventional Pitts ailerons) roll rate with very light control pressures. Believe it or not, I was hinging Pitts ailerons at 30% several years before introduction of Super Stinker. The aileron interconnect tube is inside the I-strut and is push - pull, not a torque tube. The ailerons are very effective and have no adverse tendencies other than the thing rolls so fast, it takes a lot of practice stop on a point. |
| Canopy slides like any single place
Pitts but is also jetsonable.
The last year I actively flew competition
was 1993. I elected to quit
Advantage performs very well and
can hold its own in any category. This a bi-wing
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