IndUS Aviation’s Hot Thorpedo

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Key Takeaways:

  • IndUS Aviation has significantly improved the performance of a 58-year-old CAR 3-certified light aircraft, the Thorpedo.
  • This enhancement was achieved by installing a non-certified Jabiru 3300 six-cylinder engine, replacing the original Continental powerplant.
  • The Jabiru-powered Hot Thorpedo is described as performing more energetically and being a very lively machine.
  • A full pilot report on the Thorpedo will be featured 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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