IndUS Aviation’s Hot Thorpedo

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Key Takeaways:

  • IndUS Aviation's Hot Thorpedo is a modified 58-year-old certified light aircraft, now powered by a non-certified Jabiru 3300 six-cylinder engine.
  • The Jabiru engine dramatically enhances the aircraft's performance, making it significantly more energetic and "lively" than its Continental-powered version.
  • This modification allows the aircraft to perform in ways not possible with the original design or its designer's capabilities.
  • A comprehensive pilot report on the Thorpedo is scheduled to appear in EAA's Sport Pilot magazine (2/05).
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IndUS Aviation’s Hot Thorpedo performs more energetically than the Continental-powered version. When you install a non-certified Jabiru 3300, six-cylinder engine into a 58-year-old certified light aircraft, you make one lively machine out of it. This relatively new company is doing things for this CAR 3-certified aircraft that legendary designer John Thorp could never do (for one, he didn’t have the Australian Jabiru powerplant). EAA’s Sport Pilot magazine (2/05) will have a full pilot report on Thorpedo. Look for it here 90+ days after publication.

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