DG-1 For Sale

[Apteryx]

Might be old news, but latest Aero Trader has Garbers DG-1 for sale. Only $125k obo...
BE THE FIRST ON YOUR BLOCK...
A lot of sub-4500 pounders starting to surface, (another one soon). GOTTA let them come up and play, somehow.

Paul

[Peashooter]

Re: DG-1 For Sale

I like the precision drawing. Where's the CG vs. wing?

[Blue Foam]

Re: DG-1 For Sale

Did it ever fly?

With the fore and aft engines, Peas has a good point on the CG. Another kicker would be the internal volume doesn't seem to be big enough for all of the cooling required (rotaries put out a LOT of heat for their power).

Exhausts are a pain too, at high power they run bright orange to yellow. my 240 HP ported, carbed, and piped 13B ran exhaust hot enough to read by on a dark night. Kind of cool, do a hard run, stop, pop the hood, and you don't need an engine light!

[speeddemon]

Re: DG-1 For Sale

Did it ever fly?

With the fore and aft engines, Peas has a good point on the CG. Another kicker would be the internal volume doesn't seem to be big enough for all of the cooling required (rotaries put out a LOT of heat for their power).

Exhausts are a pain too, at high power they run bright orange to yellow. my 240 HP ported, carbed, and piped 13B ran exhaust hot enough to read by on a dark night. Kind of cool, do a hard run, stop, pop the hood, and you don't need an engine light!

If I recall, Garber actually flew this airplane quite a bit in the late '70's. Lots of bugs, and it never really lived up to what he had hoped from it.

[Apteryx]

Re: DG-1 For Sale

Did it ever fly?

Eric-
Yeah it flew a while back. The ad shows it in flying trim. An old post had here had a link to an article on it, but it's dead now.
I think, if memory serves, (and as you'd expected), it had some cooling problems.

Paul

[matt]

Re: DG-1 For Sale

i can't seem to find a picture of said plane, where can i see it?

[Apteryx]

Re: DG-1 For Sale

Matt-
I'll e-mail you a copy, still same address ?

Paul

[SLCPilot]

Re: DG-1 For Sale

Here's a couple...

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Enjoy your new purchase....


SLCPilot
(first time here)