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       2solitude - Honeywell TPE 331-12 refitted Antonov AN-2 camper
        
       Author : palmfacehn
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2024-12-22 08:24 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | jimmyswimmy wrote:
       | As a pilot, I love the idea. But as soon as I saw the cockpit I
       | knew the price would be out of my league. I'm still in the single
       | digit gallons per hour world, and this bad boy is running at
       | 50-60 gallons per hour. Nice engine. Would be great to be able to
       | buy JetA.
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       | I was amused that they elected to pay the weight penalty of a
       | stove, until I saw they're carrying around an outboard motor.
       | Love the idea, wish I were rich enough to really consider one of
       | these for myself.
       | 
       | Also - thrusters in the floats? I haven't seen that before. I
       | never did get a seaplane endorsement, which you'd need for one of
       | these. That's a neat idea, even if it isn't theirs. I wonder how
       | much they're needed, and if the added control on the water is
       | worth the weight. I have to imagine they'd be great if they offer
       | enough degrees of freedom (and are easy enough to understand how
       | to use).
        
         | imglorp wrote:
         | It's just one notch below the Winnebago Heli Home :-)
         | 
         | https://www.thedrive.com/news/34753/the-winnebago-heli-home-...
         | 
         | I didn't realize there were so many AN-2's for sale: looks like
         | going rate is about $100k for a piston or $2m for a turbine.
         | 
         | https://www.planecheck.com/?ent=ap&man=antonov&des=an2&type=...
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         | edit, I guess you need that turbine to lug all the extra weight
         | from the furnishings and floats around with enough Vx to get
         | out of short mountain lakes with a little density altitude.
        
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