I have several thousand hours behind the VW and is probably the only auto conversion I would ever fly behind. Joe at Revmaster is amazing to work with. If I wasn't going to do it or the 0-200 I myself would go with ULPower I really don't want to deal with the weight of water to cool the engine plus it's just bulky all together. The UL engine is perpus built and they have been around for better then 10 years now. Not to mention the cost is about the same. After flying a Rans S-6 with a 912 I don't want leaking water pumps and gearboxes. Granted Rotax did a good job of taking care of warranty it was still an issue that will arise with a water cooled engine and if it happens in flight you may not realize it till to late. Why add more issues just remember KISS Keep It Simple Stupid. Just my 2 cents.
Richard Kaczmarek Fast Little Airplanes LLC 937-243-7303 On Jan 23, 2015 6:34 PM, "bjoenunley via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > I was looking everywhere for an O200 and found O320 's all day long. I > felt at the time that the O320 was too big. I couldnt find a good deal on > an O200 so I gave up on the O200 and purchased a Honda. > > Joe > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Dan Heath via > KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> </div><div>Date:01/23/2015 4:53 AM > (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: 'Chris Prata' <chrisprata at live.com>,'KRnet' < > krnet at list.krnet.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: KR> Motus/Viking engines > </div><div> > </div>I have been around the VW aircraft engine world for over 20 years. > My first > was an 1835, which was adequate. 135mph in my KR2. Cracked engine case > forced a change so I built it up to a 1915 and saw smoother performance, > but > not much else. My next KR2 had a GPASC 2180 which over heated the oil > badly > until I put on some oil cooling mods from Revmaster. I have spent a lot of > time talking with Revmaster and looked at their engines very closely. If I > were to use a VW, there would be no doubt that it would be a Revmaster > because I don't think either of the other two are even close to the quality > put out by Joe Horvath at Revmaster. > > > > I now have a 2700 Corvair built by Roy Szaravinski at RoyGarage.com and it > is a great engine. > > > > If I could afford it, I would seriously be considering the UL Power > engines, > but for an economical engine, if your plane can take the weight, a Lycoming > 320 would be great for slightly less weight, get a re-built Cont 0200 if > you > can find one. I understand that the 320 is the easiest to find because > there are so many of them. > > > > See N64KR at <http://krbuilder.org/> http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on > the pics > > > > 2015 KR Gathering - McMinnville, OR. September 3 - 6 -- See U There. > > > > Peoples Choice at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN > > Best KR at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN > > Best Interior at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN > > Best Paint at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN > > Best Firwwall Forward at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN > > > > Best Interior and Panel at 2008 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN > > > > > > Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
