From: "Nerobro" wrote:
> Because I"m a bit out of the loop, has anyone built a bearing section to > bolt to the end of the crankcase to take flight loads? is that what the > "5th bearing" is? and has anyone tried to design one that completely > removes everything but torque loading from the crankshaft? There are two guys making "fifth bearings" for the Corvair. Dan Weseman makes $1000 version that seems to work, and it's shown at http://fly5thbearing.com/. Roy Sarafinksy makes a more integrated bearing that bolts to each case half and splits with the engine cases, for about $1800, and it's shown at http://www.roysgarage.com/new/Welcome.html . I was planning to make one like you describe for the Type 4 VW that I was going to use, and am still kicking it around for the Corvair. There's a Corvair engine for aircraft list similar to this one (run by me) that can be joined following the instructions at the top of http://www.corvaircraft.org/ , and a lot more on the CorvAircraft engine conversion at http://www.n56ml.com/corvair/. Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------
