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    • Shannon Whitehead
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      February 28, 2015 at 5:06 pm
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      #177252

      Weight Matters ! Size Matters. Anything could be made to fly I guess, thinking of the 1000HP Allisons in the P-51

      Oil Starvation is a Viper issue…imagine the G-loads and inverted flying!!

      I bet DICK WINKLES COULD DO IT !! Off to Red Bull……………

    • Shannon Whitehead
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      February 28, 2015 at 5:46 pm
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      #177255

      JonB ~ PartsRack said:
      Weight Matters ! Size Matters. Anything could be made to fly I guess, thinking of the 1000HP Allisons in the P-51

      Oil Starvation is a Viper issue…imagine the G-loads and inverted flying!!

      I bet DICK WINKLES COULD DO IT !! Off to Red Bull……………

      Well he has time to do so now. Wouldn’t the oil starvation issue be an easy fix? I could see that being a problem for any motor.

      I assume these days people like turbo motors for altitude. Though couldn’t a supercharged Viper motor work well? I thought it was pretty light for the amount of power it makes. How much does the 600hp aviation engines weigh?

    • Shannon Whitehead
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      June 11, 2025 at 2:16 am
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      #17378

      Has a Viper motor ever been used in a single engine airplane?

      It seems like it would be good, right? Fuel injected, good torque through the powerband. Wouldn’t it be a good option for some of the WWII replica planes or air race planes?

      Perhaps you aviation buffs can chime in for me in this.

      Thanks.

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