Does this plane exist

[imQ]

The 14-19-3 had a nosewheel. Guy down the street had one for years. Fun to fly.

 

[Greg Bockelman]

Not single-engine.

Except the single-engine requirement.

Except it's multi-engine.

Yeah, yeah yeah. But if he gets his ME in one then it can be all those things.

 

[150Mike]

OEM is a B9F Franklin = 215. many have the 350, GO480. upgrade.

The Lycoming GO-480 series was typically just 270 hp. Some, like the GO-480-G series went up to 295 hp. These engines are common upgrades on Republic RC-3 Seabees.

The supercharged GSO-480 series were typcially still only 340 hp. A very few and rare Seabees were upgraded with these engines.

To get 350 hp out of a Lycoming engine, you have to go up to the 540 CID engines. The old IGO-540-B1A engines were used on the Aero Commander model 560F. That engine was rated at 350 hp for take-off and 325 hp METO. More modern examples of 350 hp Lycoming engines are the turbocharged 540 CID engines like the TIO-540-J2BD used on the very common Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain - and also for the Magnum conversion of the Grumman G-44 Widgeon

 

[150Mike]

Grumman Goose. Gets the following with no mods:

ME
Tailwheel
Complex
HP
Seaplane

I was thinking Widgeon, but you'd have to find one with more than 200HP per engine.

Most Widgeons these days have been upgraded to something more than the original 200 hp Rangers. The McKinnon-upgraded Super Widgeons typically had 270 hp or 295 hp GO-480 engines. The latest and greatest are the 350 hp Magnum-converted Widgeons with TIO-540-J2BD engines off of a Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain.

To the list above, the McKinnon/Antilles G-21G adds turbine time too, but obviously it's not a primary trainer of any sort!

 

[Henning]

Meyers, Spartan Exec, BE 18, Cessna T 50, Goose, Widgeon, Duck Seabee, Twin Seabee.

 

[Tom-D]

Meyers, Spartan Exec, BE 18, Cessna T 50, Goose, Widgeon, Duck Seabee, Twin Seabee.

Twin Sea Bee has 2 Lycoming 0-360/180 horsepower.

OBTW they are a UC-3B. and are not a republic product.

 

[150Mike]

As I just also posted here:

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=868728#post868728

The TC is A6EA and the correct model designation is UC-1. The Twin Bee was built (i.e. converted from existing Republic RC-3 Seabees) by the STOL Aircraft Corp. but it was designed and originally certified by United Consultants, hence the UC-1 model designation.

 

[SkyHog]

Sounds like a project for Operation Fly...an airplane database. I'll get cracking on it.