2009 Greenwood Lake Airshow - Bishop Stampe SV-4C

[citabrickr]

It's a 200 hp Ranger 6-cyl, inverted inline engine. Has a 40 lb block of lead on the tailpost to balance it. Cowling and nosebowl is taken from a PT-19 and modified.

[jacknicolluk]

Looking at it - one exhaust stack and the rather "fat" cowlings - its almost definately a lycoming.

Gypsy have the intake on the other side, renaults have right hand instake, 4 right hand exhaust teeth. And the LOM engined Stampes have exhaust stacks on the left. The tigra engine I can't speak for.

[lcc1357utube]

The pilot is Richard Smith of Green Township (Andover), otherwise known as my dad. The Stampe lives at Trinca Airport, where I logged several hours with a pilot's pilot, the late Pete Billow. Too bad I was too tightfisted to finish my instruction - it was $28 for a half-hour lesson in a Piper Cub. Including fuel!

[hangarrat101]

I'm really lucky - there are 5 at my local airfield, although they all have Gypsy major engines, rather than Renaults like this one has.

[Robston87]

Where are you from?! This one is not equipped with a renault engine....

[hangarrat101]

well i'm fairly sure it's not a gypsy, the intake's on the wrong side. What engine do you think it's fitted with?

[bassplaya1549]

Don't see that at air shows everyday