A HP endorsement made with a Cardinal C177 and a tailwheel with a J3 would make you legal but not skilled enough. For a smoking hole maybe.....

I had the ignition OFF to build up oilpressure after 25 years of storage.

The airframe has nothing with the stock plane in common, except fuselage shape behind firewall till vertical stab

Structure is good till 270 KTS indicated and a 10G gust there.

The gears are big time drag. Getting over 210 KTS is relly a challenge. But ists still short / rough field capable.

its a Allison 250-B15. The Silver Eagle has the B17. The B 15 has 360 HP Takeoff and 320 max cont. Fuelburn is 65l/hre in 150 Kts cruise , 75 at 178, 85 at 198 KTS IAS and 105l/hr in the climb.

Old man was in the italiam military cheif of maintenance for Allison Turbines.