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*For
quite a while now, and especially since the "Kitplane Class" was
started, I really wanted to go racing with the LP1. The design is a
natural for competition and, by no accident, is built with large
amounts of race components and ideas.
I have been involved in
racing cars almost all my life, driven in competition for a number
of years and been part of winning some of the world's great races. I
think I can come up with a perfect package for this exciting class,
based on the LP1. It, as the rules state, would still be a kitplane,
but would be modified in certain ways to increase safety and
performance.
One important change would be to increase the
strength of the main cabin. It is designed for pressurization right
now and would be an easy change to make it completely crashworthy.
This concept allows for greater engine output as an engine failure
becomes a possible off field safe landing instead of a life
endangering problem.
Other changes are really easy; the gearbox
has changeable ratios that allow for higher reduction ratios.
Increase the revs, increase the horsepower. You can gear the engine
to rev as high as your checkbook will allow and still keep the prop
in it's ideal range. Note that this is something most certified
engines cannot do.
If all of this has sparked your racing bug,
we need to talk. I would really like to be involved in your Reno
dreams as your aircraft supplier. I love to race and would love to
compete as a manufacturer through a few enthusiastic pilot/team
owners.
If this sounds like something you are capable of, please
send me an email through the link below.
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