[Titanaircraft] Re: Any Tornado S or SS for sale in US or Canada

I've got about 10 hrs on the Sonex I bought .. and to tell
the truth I kind of wish I'd just built one of these in the
first place. I flew the Titan S I built for 3 years and it was
a lot of fun to fly .. quick .. responsive .. etc. The Sonex
flies very nice though and I really like it. The forward visibility
isn't all that great .. but I've had enough planes with a high
panel .. it's not really an issue.

I think the Aerocarb is so butt simple it could be an issue. It's
not all that adjustable without playing with the needle shape. It's
a compromise between how it runs (lean/rich) at idle and at full
throttle. Mine seems to run a little rich at low RPM but I'm
reluctant to lean it up since it runs about right at full throttle.
I may get another needle and play with the shape at the the end
and the jetting when it warms up and I have time to fool with it.

Lots of people like the Aerocarb and run it on their Jabs. My
brother runs a VW conversion in his Cygnet .. and he didn't like
the Aerocarb and switched to a Revmaster carb.

I'm just going to fly it a while and get to know the engine and
carb .. then I'll see if I think I need to start tweeking on it.

RT

--- In Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com, Tim Hansen <togoforth@...> wrote:
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> I have a friend at my airport who finished his tri-gear Sonex last summer. After getting his airworthiness cert. it took him six months to get his Aerovee to run properly so he could fly it.  Countless tear-downs, tweaking, electronics fiddling, carburator fiddling, fuel line fiddling, jet fiddling... you get the idea.  He's now getting some fairly consistent performance and he has come to hate the airplane... primarily because of the lousy view. Perhaps I jaded his thinking because I opined as to how I'd never own another low-wing airplane because I don't like looking at the top of the wing all day. It's a beautiful piece of work but I wouldn't trade my tornado for one.
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> --- On Mon, 11/30/09, ls78705 <lstavenhagen@...> wrote:
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> From: ls78705 <lstavenhagen@...>
> Subject: [Titanaircraft] Re: Any Tornado S or SS for sale in US or Canada
> To: Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 8:47 AM
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> --- In Titanaircraft@ yahoogroups. com, David King <pastordave45@ ...> wrote:
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> > Ls,
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> > I agree, and believe me you don't have to sell me on the titan SS because I am a bigger guy and the performance i have heard is pretty awesome.  Honestly I don't think the so called competitors are selling to hot as well.  I saw a sonex that was a sharp plane but it had no room in it, for me to fly it would make it a single seater just not big enough.
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> > I have  never flown in an SS but someday I will.
> > Take care and happy flying
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> As an aside, I was considering the sonex for a while, mostly because the VW (Aerovee) was available as an option. Cheaper than even the Jab by quite a bit and the plane overall is a good deal financially.
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> The most serious problem with the sonex is the view, which is actually really bad. Otherwise, it seemed like a fine plane, but the risk of getting bored with it due to the view was too high, so I rejected it right away.
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> I've also looked at the RV12, the Rans S19, and sort of non-seriously looked at some of the import SLSA's. They all have the same problem of significantly impeded views. The high-wing models are a little better, but are nowhere near the tornado.
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> The Tornado and the Kolb have the best views of all the LSA's on the market that I've found so far and generally are comparable in terms of cost. Of course the LSA trikes have better views but they're weight-shift which can be a problem if your mission profile involves a 3-axis.
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> Of the two (Kolb and Tornado), the Tornado has quicker handling and better cruise speed. So, to me the Tornado is the best compromise.
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> Anyway, I did push the pencil across the paper on the sonex during all this too and the tornado still won by a mile or two.
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