On Wednesday 06 December 2006 20:03, Ron Jensen wrote: > On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 17:28 -0800, Hal V. Engel wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 December 2006 14:32, Hal V. Engel wrote: > > > Either the SIAI Marchetti SF.260 or the F.8L Falco (preferably the > > > Series IV Super Falco). There needs to be at least one plane designed > > > by Stelio Frati in the FG stable and either of these are classic Frati > > > and are instantly recognizable as his work. > > > > > > My favorite of the two is the Falco. See: > > > > > > http://www.1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Visschedijk/5860.htm > > > http://www.seqair.com/Frati/GilbertOnFrati/Gilbert.html > > > http://216.219.217.157/Falco/Articles/Legendary/Legendary.html > > > http://216.219.217.157/Falco/Articles/Bravissimo/Bravissimo1.html > > > http://www.aldini.it/history/history1.htm > > > > Also if you should need them there is a set of PDFs that have the > > fuselage sections and side view for the Falco. These are based on the > > plans that Sequoia sells. They are located here: > > > > http://www.seqair.com/skunkworks/Models/Models.html > > > > Hal > > Hmm, the Falco sounds fun. There seems to be ample documentation for > the fdm as well as the model: > > http://www.seqair.com/FlightTest/FlightTest.html > http://www.seqair.com/FlightTest/FlightManual/FlightManual.pdf
The performance data in the above manual are for the Aeromere Falco that belongs to Alfred Scott who owns Sequoia Aircraft. There were 60 of these particular model built in the 1960s. I have spent about 8 hours riding in this particular aircraft and have some stick time in it. These aircraft are fully acrobatic and are fantastic little aircraft. Until Sequoia made plans available in the early 1980s there were none of these in the US until Alfred imported this particular example so that he would have a Falco to show to prospective customers for Falco plans and kits. The Aeromere Falcos (series III also known as the Falco America because they were FAA certified) had a 150 HP Lycoming O-320 and a fixed pitch prop. Later Super Falcos built by Laverda (yes the scooter company) had 160 HP and constant speed props so would have better climb and take off performance. Twenty Super Falcos were built. Many of the newer home builts have upgraded from the 150/160 HP Lycoming O-320 engine to the 180 HP IO-360 and most have constant speed props. Keep in mind that the original prototype flew with a 90 HP engine (first flight in 1995) and the first production run of 10 aircraft by Aviamilano in the late 1950s were built with 135 HP engines followed by a production run of 20 with 150HP (series II). So a total of 110 production Falcos were built in the 1950s and 1960s. Since the 1980s dozens of Falcos have been home built and there are now almost as many home built versions as there are original production aircraft. > http://cafefoundation.org/v2/pdf/falco.pdf > http://www.falco.co.nz/ > > Perhaps something will come together on this one... > > Ron > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
