Date:         Fri, 5 Nov 2010 22:12:15 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: no vanagon content - nice aeroplane spotted
Comments: To: Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
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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