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G,day.Look at what this Mexican banner towing bloke is flying.Twin engines yet.We can see whales from our place when they are up here but I sure as hell would like to fly that thing an look downonem !Its a Leza-Lockwood Air Cam.How about that.Cheers.Robert DunnMackay. Qld.Growing old is good while it lasts.
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PS: I forgot to include the pic didnt I.What a dikhed.Any way here it is.Image Insert:
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It's hard to be sure, but that thing is probably powered by a couple of 912 s spaced farly close together, I understand their single engine performance is quite good, and the close spacing of the engines makes the asymmetrics easy to handle. TRIVIA DEPARTMENTDid you know that when you look down a whale's blow hole there are actually two nostrils>John EvansThink logically and do things well, think laterally and do things better.
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Thats interesting John. I didn't know that an I like to learn something new every day. Later this year when they are back up here I'll have to go over and have a look.Safe flying.Robert DunnMackay. Qld.Growing old is good while it lasts.
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Wow!!! two nostrils ay...I would never of picked that.Woz..."HE IS MORE MYSELF THAN I AM"
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Its definitely a Leza-Lockwood Aircam.From memory they were designed to fly low and slow with 2 motors for safety. 2 or 3 seat tandem is the go. Good for photography or sightseeing.Originally they had 2 x 582 donks but now they get 2 x 912/912s/914 donks.Basically a Drifter on steroids.....I want one.telfFlying - The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. (Douglas Adams-The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
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Were these the ones with the overlapping props?There was one aircraft with the engines spaced differently fore and aft, this permitted the props to overlap and bought the centres closer together to reduce assymetric thrust if an engine died.
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No overlapping prop.See pic...also see http://www.leza-aircam.com/AirCam%20Photos.htmand http://www.aircamsite.com/Image Insert:
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HI, I would like to buy a second hand air cam, do you have any informations, thank you.Alexis.
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there is a similar single seat type of ultralight with the motors facing forward used for dusting small cropps in south america, though i think they were designed and built by a fella in florida and could take off fully loaded with only one enguine as the props overlaped.
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It would definately be a lethal weapon - with not only a very high thrustline but also very high thrust. (should be somewhere in the vicinity of 1000 lbs static thrust). Imagine what the C of G would be like with all 3 seats full.It would be lethal on the pocket too with something like $45,000 in the engines and props alone. (as long as they aren't the expensive 914's). Probably not much change out of $100k..Tim McClure
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