Another consideration would be the torque. You can get horsepower out of a small engine but it simply has no torque. And without that you can’t swing...
Several years ago I was returning from KC, spending time with Steve and Laura and enjoying the Excelsior Pancake Breakfast (Jim and Sarah Dickerson)...
I helped my friend Eric do this. It took 6 days, 12 hours a day for us to do it. That translates to 144 man hours. It is a pretty big job but it was...
I would say you may want to rethink the flaps, they are a major change that adds value to the project not to mention performance. The PA-18 gear well...