Ergo60 to gas

[said]

Is it possible to convert an Ergo 60 to gas and what is needed are the parts
available

[MPA]

On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 20:57:23 +0200, "said" <said@mweb.co.za> wrote:

>Is it possible to convert an Ergo 60 to gas and what is needed are the parts
>available
>

From what I am told, engine, lower frames, tank and gears.
Like to get some views on this, the JR person I spoke to says not much
happening on gassers with JR and parts could be a problem.

[Beav]

"said" <said@mweb.co.za> wrote in message
news:3e931b32.0@news1.mweb.co.za...
> Is it possible to convert an Ergo 60 to gas and what is needed are the
parts
> available

In this hobby, it's possible to convert anything to anything if you have a
strong enough desire and a deep enough pocket, but.... (and it's a big but)
"Is it WORTH the time, effort and expense when there's a raft of 2nd hand
gassers already fitted with all the necessaries"?

To convert ANY glo powered heli to gasser you need the engine (yep, it's
true:-), you need a clutch for the gasser which isn't always the same as the
glo version, you need a pinion gear to change the engine/main rotor gear
ratio and on some conversions, a tail rotor speed up gear to compensate for
the lack of main rotor speed.

You'll also more than likely need a different set of side frames too, so the
conversion begins to look less like a simple conversion and more like a
major engineering job.


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