consider that the Rolls Royce Trent 900 is bigger than a vanagon .. might be a pretty tricky engine conversion. converting to another type of fuel isn't hard though. The size of the tank needed though ...that would have to be on a very large trailer towed behind.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Knoll" <anasasi@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 6:00 PM Subject: Re: no vanagon content - nice aeroplane spotted
> er ah, there's a few fuel issues with care and feeding of such exotica. > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 5:48 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Heck with stuffing a Merlin in a Vanagon. How about a Trent 900. There >> might be a bunch coming up on the used A380 engine market.;-) >> >> >> BenT |
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