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Why bother with a supercharger? You'd have to hook that into the engine
which means there are now two failure points: engine and supercharger.
Besides, it would be much more easy, IMHO, to install a wind chute on
the fore hatch and a large flapper valve on the transom. Under each
quarter berth you could install dual feed fuel tanks. Under the cockpit
proper you could install a JATO pack. The flapper valve would keep the
water out when the engine wasn't running, the wind chute would provide
the requisite air intake, and you'd still have your cabin interior
uncluttered by the supercharger. You might need to install trim tabs,
though. I'm not sure if they'd be required, but they would probably help
perfomance at the higher speeds. You might need to convert from the
standard rudder to a winged type rudder (sorta like the winged keels),
though, for added stability and control.
;->
Bill B.
P-19 #454, Dream Catcher
Nampa, ID
SolarFry@aol.com wrote:
>
> I remember someone installed a 427 Hemi V8 under cockpit floor of his P19
> last summer. I heard that Potter could do 185 MPH... I imagine with a
> supercharger it should break sound barrier... Is that you guys? I've often
> wondered... That would definitely help to get in under that very narrow
> bridge at Hillsboro inlet. It's scary being followed by all those large
> speedboats with rumbling triple v8's going Vrrrooom Vroomm right behind me...
> I taped the racket one time and played it back full blast thru my high
> powered quad speaker, with subwoofers, onboard stereo. It did make them look
> a second time at my lil P19 and garner some respect. They no longer
> Vrrrooomm Vrrroooom next to me anymore...
>
> {;^)
> Best
> SF
>
> In a message dated 3/23/00 7:23:35 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> panache426@hotmail.com writes:
>
> << Do they make a supercharger that I can stick up through the front hatch on
> my P-19? >>
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