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Hi folks.
I was helping a friend today with some engine issues on his homebuilt Bearhawk, and in doing the testing, we decided to do a "thrust" test. We borrowed a load cell from a friend and tied the plane to it --- and then applied full throttle --- and measured the amount of thrust.
With his 1500 lb. Bearhawk we got 750 lbs. of thrust. With my Cessna 180 which weighs about 1600 lbs. we got 950 lbs. I was going to try my Eagle but ran out of time.
Has anyone done a similar test on the Eagle and/or Pitts series? or other planes. Would be interesting to know. It would be especially interesting to know what the thrust is (and airplane weight) of some of the hot acro guys.
Must be the long Alaska days.
Mark
I was helping a friend today with some engine issues on his homebuilt Bearhawk, and in doing the testing, we decided to do a "thrust" test. We borrowed a load cell from a friend and tied the plane to it --- and then applied full throttle --- and measured the amount of thrust.
With his 1500 lb. Bearhawk we got 750 lbs. of thrust. With my Cessna 180 which weighs about 1600 lbs. we got 950 lbs. I was going to try my Eagle but ran out of time.
Has anyone done a similar test on the Eagle and/or Pitts series? or other planes. Would be interesting to know. It would be especially interesting to know what the thrust is (and airplane weight) of some of the hot acro guys.
Must be the long Alaska days.
Mark