Different engines possible?

[Morne]

Originally Posted by larry bowdish

Only one company has certified the 550's in a Skymaster, and that is AirScan. The STC is for only their aircraft. The STC can not be purchased, or used on other aircraft. They also did an STC for gross weight increase, but that one is also proprietary to their aircraft.

AirScan operates a fleet of Skymasters. For more information on them, I suggest Google.

A very germane point. Certainly the particular bird cited in this thread is not an AirScan unit, so it is not covered by the STC. As previously stated, I don't want to be a test pilot.

Tropical's implications are intriguing to me, but this isn't really the proper venue to discuss them.

Likewise, I'm sure Ernie and I could chat for hours about all the different mods out there and whether or not they are any good. I'd especially enjoy discussing the tip tanks, but again this isn't the proper venue.

So unless someone hears about AirScan selling off their birds, that sort of closes this topic.