Anyone familiar with Pulsar aircraft?

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I don’t know much about these aircraft, but the manufacturer claims that these airplanes can cruise at 180 kts (Vne is 191 kts), yet doing so on engines ranging between 100-125 hp (Rotax and Continental are two engine choices, I think there are more).

Can I really expect this kind of performance like I would a Vans RV (assuming you build light, you can expect exactly the performance published by Vans)? Or should I take these values with a grain of salt like with most certified aircraft?

Also, if I bought one already built, would it be difficult to find someone to perform maintenance and CI’s, as I’m not mechanically inclined? There are a few for sale for under $40k. That’s cheap for an airplane that fast. It doesn’t seem that the manufacturer is still in business, as their website is no longer available.
 
It is a slick little airplane, but I wouldn't bet on anything close to 180 knots.
 
DMD3. said:
I don’t know much about these aircraft, but the manufacturer claims that these airplanes can cruise at 180 kts (Vne is 191 kts), yet doing so on engines ranging between 100-125 hp (Rotax and Continental are two engine choices, I think there are more).

Can I really expect this kind of performance like I would a Vans RV (assuming you build light, you can expect exactly the performance published by Vans)? Or should I take these values with a grain of salt like with most certified aircraft?

Also, if I bought one already built, would it be difficult to find someone to perform maintenance and CI’s, as I’m not mechanically inclined? There are a few for sale for under $40k. That’s cheap for an airplane that fast. It doesn’t seem that the manufacturer is still in business, as their website is no longer available.
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I’m seeing that the 190 and 180 is mph. Knots is 170 and 160.
 
luvflyin said:
I’m seeing that the 190 and 180 is mph. Knots is 170 and 160.
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Ok, the article I read was about the Super Pulsar. Silly me . Bonanza-speeds are still fantastic for an airplane with those engine sizes, especially on a fixed-gear.
 
I've seen them at fly ins. Gear looks awfully close quartered, I can't imagine they tolerate any slop on landing.
 
Never even seen one. The designer/company owner was killed in a crash in the Andes quite a number of years ago. The Super Pulsar 100 has 4 seats but it’s more like 2 people and bags will stay within useful load. Numbers are considerably less than advertised.
 
in 1992 I was working for a guy building a Pulsar.
 
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I did a flight review in one once. It is a tiny airplane, which is why it is so fast on so little power. Pretty high wing loading as I recall and not what I would call easy to fly. But that was probably less than 1.5 hours in only one example over 10 years ago.

But they do go fast on a small engine. I don’t recall any numbers and I am sure it is highly dependent on the engine. 180kts seems unlikely to me unless they managed to stuff a turbocharged Rotax in one.

Brian
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I don't know about the other models, but the Pulsar Super 100 has the Rotax 914 on the suggested engine list.
 
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