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Eight Cylinder Pitts
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2023 1:38 am
by Slick Goodlin
Re: Eight Cylinder Pitts
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:15 am
by Colonel
I like the idea, but that’s a lot of money for a collection of parts. Who knows what’s missing. I know it needs new fabric.
Offer $10k for salvage value.
Re: Eight Cylinder Pitts
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2023 5:50 pm
by Slick Goodlin
Sounds fun but my next $10k is earmarked for flying wires.
Re: Eight Cylinder Pitts
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2023 6:28 pm
by Colonel
If your wife doesn’t understand, have her give me a call. My wife can explain.
Re: Eight Cylinder Pitts
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:11 pm
by Slick Goodlin
Nah, she gets it. My planes and cars have a long way to go to catch up with her dogs.
Re: Eight Cylinder Pitts
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2023 6:00 am
by Scudrunner
No replacement for displacement?
Re: Eight Cylinder Pitts
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2023 11:35 am
by Colonel
I remember this engine being used in the very rare Comanche 400. Never seen one in person.
Crankshaft in the 720 had a bit of a reputation as being a little whippy but I don’t know if that was real or just the usual hangar BS.
Re: Eight Cylinder Pitts
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2023 4:50 pm
by Squaretail
Colonel wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 11:35 am
I remember this engine being used in the very rare Comanche 400. Never seen one in person.
There used to be one around here. I remember seeing it a few times, not sure what happened to it. I spoke with the owner once, he said it was only marginally faster than the 260 Comanche, but said it would climb at almost 2000 fpm. His main complaint was how thirsty it was.