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    Mooney Porsche Airplane

    I had the opportunity earlier today to visit one of Rich Lambert's customer's Porsche hangar in the southwest Fort Worth area. The guy owns the following vehicles:
    • 1966 RHD 912- this car was on the Porsche stand at the Johannesburg Auto Show of 1966
    • 1967 911S
    • 1973 914 2.0
    • Hughes helicopter
    • Mooney Porsche plane

    He also owns a 356 Cabriolet that is at his house as his current daily driver. He rotates the cars around for daily duties.

    The gray '68 is my car and the champagne yellow is Lambert's '69 913.

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    ...more photos.
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    ...more photos...
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    Very cool.
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    Great photos, Mike! All he needs is a Porsche tractor!
    Jack Griffin
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    Gone but great memories - '74 RSR 9114609113

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    From a previously running , but now defunkt Mooney airplane website :

    "Despite the small numbers of planes Porsche provided support for the engine in Europe and America. The Aviation Department was managed by Rolf Sprenger".

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    In the photos , I'm assuming the white 912 is the 1966 Johannesburg showcar ?

    Can anyone shed any light on the rear Brake/turn signal assemblies . Was South Africa unique ? I see no red on the brake bulb area of the lens like a normal ROW lense would have. Also , are those small round reflectors on the lower painted section of the rear bumperettes part of the factory build ? I've never seen those.

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    a rare plane today, got a chance to fly a porsche mooney, composite prop, no mixture or air cooling worries, just a simple u -shaped throttle control push ,push in for power, makes flying simple. engine proved to expensive to build, not enough power, believe porsche decertified the power plant for liability issues. most porsche power mooney were converted back to an aircraft power plant. Saw the adjustment of cam shaft gear driven timing, took a whole day to adjust. Porsche had two people who were certified to adjust the cam gear timing, one on the west coast and one on the east coast. thats all they did.

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    More on the Mooney , from PP parts forum (seems about 41 planes sold) :

    (PP forum / 2001-02) :

    "It was an interesting engine to fly. The neatest thing about it was that it had a single-lever power control, much nicer to use than the standard throttle/prop/mixture quadrant. At the time I flew it, I knew a Mooney VP and engineer, Roy Lopresti, who told me that one of the problems Mooney faced was that the Germans refused to believe that a bunch of Texans knew the slightest thing about air-cooled engines. Despite the fact that Mooney told Porsche that they were going to suffer a huge cooling-drag deficit, with the engine and installation that they planned, the Germans looked down their noses at the rude boys and went right ahead anyway. The result was that they had to tune the engine for 212 hp to simply equal the performance of a vastly cheaper 200-hp Lycoming or Continental in the same airplane. The result: very few buyers had any interest in paying an enormous premium for no gain in performance, just to have the Porsche logo, a very smooth engine, and the admittedly nice single-lever power control. And Porsche _was_ trying to work with Cessna. They had a PFM in a Skylane, but Cessna declined to use the thing."

    (Another poster adding this from an an article he got somewhere. Although , i'm confused about the Mooney PFM 1988 introduction referance ? As you can see it flying around the world in 1985. ) :

    "We have to give these guys a tip of the hat for persistence. Over the last decade, electronic engine controls haven't exactly sparked a buyer stampede. Much as we hate to dredge up ancient history, the ill-fated Porsche Mooney PFM comes first to mind.

    Introduced in 1988, the PFM was a giant boulder tossed into the ripple-free, technological calm of GA. And it sank just about as fast. The PFM was powered by a six-cylinder, air-cooled engine with automotive-style electronic ignition, fuel injection, autoleaning, automatic cooling control and-what was supposed to be the irresistible marketing lure-a single power lever.

    It worked; push the throttle forward to go fast, pull it back to slow down. No prop, no mixture and no worries about shock cooling. Even though it was a bit slower than the 201, owners loved the airplane. Unfortunately, there weren't many of them. Only 41 PFMs were sold, a poor sales history due in part to the $60,000 price premium over the 201 and a flat GA market. Thanks to slow sales and money squabbles with Mooney, Porsche grew disenchanted and bailed out of the project. To its credit, it has continued to support the engine..."


    (3rd addition):

    "Did you know a pair or pilots flew it around the World in 1985 ? "
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    More Mooney , seems Porsche built about 80 motors of 4 variations :

    (From the dufunkt website / via PP parts forum) :

    "Porsche PFM 3200 Engine

    Model Name Porsche Aviation Engine PFM 3200 (Models N01, N02, N03 and T03 Turbo Version)
    No Built. About 80
    Build Dates
    1981-1990 (Approx.)
    Mooney PFM 3200 N03 engine used in Mooney M20L

    Description The engine was developed by Porsche in 1981. It is a development based on the engine used in the Porsche "911" sports car

    Operation Single control lever.
    Other reciprocating engines generally have 3 operating elements for controlling the performance, propellor pitch and fuel mixture
    Cylinders/Type 6-cylinder boxer engine, forced by cooling fan (air cooling), eight stockpiled crankshaft; crankcase, single cylinder and individual cylinder heads made of lightweight metal, two overhead camshafts
    Displacement 3164 cc
    Performance N 01 N 03
    Start 209 hp (156 kW) 217 hp (162 kW) at 5300/min
    Max Continuous Performance 209 hp (156 kW) 217 hp (162 kW) at 5300/min
    Max Economy 167 hp (125 kW) 174 hp (130 kW) at 5000/min

    Bore 95.0 mm
    Stroke 74.4 mm
    Compression 9.2: 1 N 01; 10.5: 1 N 03; 8.5: 1 T 03
    Fuel system Bosch K-Jetronic, automatic correction mixture for "best power" and "best economy" in all heights, two electric fuel pumps plus emergency fuel pump
    Ignition Two ignition systems, electronic control and trigger. Magneti Marelli.
    Spark Plug Bosch WB 4 DTC
    Lubrication Dry sump lubrication. Oil tank capacity 6.7l, oil capacity 12.7l.
    Power Supply Two generators, mechanically driven independently, 24 V, 35 V, 55 V or 70 A
    Propeller gear Magnesium casing, torsional vibration dampers between the crank shaft and gears
    Propellor Reduction Gearing 0.442 : 1
    Fuel AVGAS 100 LL (or MOGAS DIN 51600 S for PFM3200N01)
    Oil Mobil 1. Aviation oil not approved
    System weight, dry 200 Kg including injection, ignition system, exhaust system, oil cooler and oil tank
    172 Kg basic engine weight
    Dimensions 973 mm / 854 mm / 610 mm (without exhaust) Length: Width: Height
    Exhaust system Exhaust pipes (exhaust gas collector), silencers and heated air heat exchanger
    Remark Very quiet and economical flight engine even as a turbo version. 75.4dB on takeoff.
    Certification FAA Type Certificate (TC) No. E23NE issued August 30 1985
    TC Holder Dr Ing.h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Weissach Germany


    *This data is based in part on information published by the USA Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and is represented as being accurate as of March 23, 2007. Further detail has been obtained from Mooney M20L Pilot Operating Handbook (Rev B 1995) published by Mooney Aircraft Corporation and public domain websites."

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    Can anyone tell me about the 1966 912 South African brake light / turn signal lenses ?
    Last edited by peekaboo; 12-20-2010 at 08:11 AM.

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