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Tornado Turbo Alley - turbonormalized Cardinal
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 -- Paul |
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"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. -- Matt --------------------- Matthew W. Barrow Site-Fill Homes, LLC. Montrose, CO |
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"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. -- Matt --------------------- Matthew W. Barrow Site-Fill Homes, LLC. Montrose, CO |
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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 |
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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?...p/cardownr.htm -- Jack Allison PP-ASEL-IA Student-Arrow Buying Student "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return" - Leonardo Da Vinci (Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail) |
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