I have quite a bit of experience with VWs so I'll stick with what I know. I have no experience with Corvairs because I have no interest in them.
Chris On 1/6/2015 8:10 AM, Jeff Scott via KRnet wrote: > Chris, > > Despite Paul's criticism, the VW powerplant works pretty well. Mike > Stirewalt, who will undoubtedly chime in here, owns the KR 1 1/2, built by > Ken Cottle, then sold to Steve Bennett, then to Mike. If I recall correctly, > it is a stock KR-2 that is narrowed a bit to make a comfortable single seat > cockpit. I know Mike likes to fly it high and long and it performs > reasonably well. Build it light and clean. > > Engine choice gets to be like arguing politics. Not much point in it unless > you want to be an irritant. If you're under 200#, it will probably be a good > performer on a VW type powerplant even at 6200'. If you build the plane > heavy (like I did) and weigh well over 200# (like I do), then you probably > need significantly more HP. > > -Jeff Scott > Los Alamos, NM > > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 at 6:10 AM >> From: "Chris Kinnaman via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> >> To: "James Cook" <golden.spiral1.618 at gmail.com>, KRnet <krnet at >> list.krnet.org> >> Subject: Re: KR> Newbie question - KR-1 or single seat KR-2S >> >> I am thinking along these lines, not building yet. The airport where I >> will base my completed aircraft, whatever it may turn out to be, is at >> 6200'. Much as I like Jeff Scott's O-200 approach for a hot and high >> home airport, a VW based engine is about the size of my budget for >> purchase and to keep running. There will be way more times I would be >> flying alone and it doesn't make sense to me to build a 2-seater. The >> added span and wing area of a KR-2 on a single seat fuselage would seem >> to make the most of the available power of a VW at high altitude. >> >> Chris > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > >
