[Titanaircraft] Re: Tornado 2 vs S

i get 4.5 to 5.5 gallons fuel burn on a T2 582 cruising at 80-85mph. i suspect that any 912,912s,jab does much better speed and fuel burn. if i try and keep up with 912s cruise you burn 6 plus gallons per hour doing only 95.

read that rotax just raised TBO to 2000 hours also. have to change my crank at 300 hours 140 hours from now.( if it does not snap before that ;(. 2 strokes are ok but if you can afford i would go 4 stroke any day.

louis

--- In Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Kimberly Panos" <kimberly@...> wrote:
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> Aric,
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> As far as 2-strokes go -- your cruise fuel economy would be better with any of the 4-stroke engines if that helps. We had a standard 2-seater with the 618, and it had fairly respectible performance, but wasn't nearly as much fun or practical to operate as it was when we replaced it with the Jabiru 2200. The 618 also burned slightly more fuel in a 90-minute flight than our Jabiru 3300.
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> --Kimberly
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: aricjf
> To: Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:30 AM
> Subject: [Titanaircraft] Tornado 2 vs S
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> Hello all,
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> I'm considering a Tornado with a rotax 582. Does anyone have any experience with both the 2 and S? I'm basically looking for realistic performance changes with the larger S, what size pilot can fit in the 2 vs the S (what that extra 2 inches really translates to)and general recommendations. I'm not going to look at a larger engine just yet but I would really appreciate any insight anyone can shed and if it's worth getting the S over the 2.
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> Cheers,
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> Aric
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