Tornado Turbo Alley - turbonormalized Cardinal

[Paul]

I'm thinking to install such an STC on my Cardinal 200 hp engine.
http://www.taturbo.com/frames.html

Anyone who had experienced it ?

Is it valuable ?

Any comments ?

Thank you

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Paul

[Matt Barrow]

"Paul" > wrote in message
.. .
> I'm thinking to install such an STC on my Cardinal 200 hp engine.
> http://www.taturbo.com/frames.html
>
> Anyone who had experienced it ?
>
I have a TAT system in my B36TC (got rid of the 520 and went to a TN 550)
and it's wonderful.

> Is it valuable ?

Quite so. The benfits of a turbo without the problems of inflating a smaller
displacement engine to get more power at altitude.

> Any comments ?

Don't do it unless your REALLY need high altitude performance and are
willing to endure the cost of a turbo versus a normally aspirated. If you're
going to fly at 5000-800 feet anyway, it's wasted. If your regularly have to
go to 10-12-14,000 feet or more, or have to take off high and hot it's
unbeatable.


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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

[Matt Barrow]

"Matt Barrow" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Paul" > wrote in message
> .. .
> > I'm thinking to install such an STC on my Cardinal 200 hp engine.
> > http://www.taturbo.com/frames.html
> >
> > Anyone who had experienced it ?
> >
> I have a TAT system in my B36TC (got rid of the 520 and went to a TN 550)
> and it's wonderful.
>
> > Is it valuable ?
>
> Quite so. The benfits of a turbo without the problems of inflating a
smaller
> displacement engine to get more power at altitude.
>
> > Any comments ?
>
> Don't do it unless your REALLY need high altitude performance and are
> willing to endure the cost of a turbo versus a normally aspirated. If
you're
> going to fly at 5000-800 feet anyway, it's wasted. If your regularly have
to
> go to 10-12-14,000 feet or more, or have to take off high and hot it's
> unbeatable.
>
I might add that you should get a GOOD oxygen system, and become familiar
with the physiological aspect of high altitude flight, both for yourself and
your passengers.


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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

[Jon A.]

The Bonanza guys really like it, and it's a $50K mod! They didn't
give a price for the Cardinal.

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 07:08:38 -0500, "Paul" >
wrote:

>I'm thinking to install such an STC on my Cardinal 200 hp engine.
>http://www.taturbo.com/frames.html
>
>Anyone who had experienced it ?
>
>Is it valuable ?
>
>Any comments ?
>
>Thank you

[Jack Allison]

Paul - it might be worth joining the Cardinal Flyers Online as they have
a ton of Cardinal info. on their site. IIRC, there's even some detailed
pages talking about the turbo installation. Membership is around $40/yr
and there's an absolute ton of great info. They maintain an e-mail
digest as well. You can join the e-mail digest and submit questions for
free.

http://www.cardinalflyers.com/l.cgi?b=/pub/prep/cardownr.htm


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Jack Allison
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