Mark, Unless you have serious rabbit foot collection, leave the Corvairs in the garage! Nobody can keep surviving crank failures at low altitude . We all want to keep you around for many years to come! Cheers Chris G.
Sent from my iPad > On Jun 20, 2015, at 12:48 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet <krnet at > list.krnet.org> wrote: > > See Mike Arnold's AR-5 at http://www.ar-5.com/ for a plane that turns 213mph > on 65 hp. There are sacrifices, such as range, but it can be done with > careful engineering and construction, no retracts required. > > And I do acknowledge that you can't go wrong with a properly rebuilt > Continental or Lycoming, although some parts are getting scarce, and > therefore very expensive. Still, if I were I starting from scratch that may > be where I would go...it would be a tough call. There's a lot to be said for > the Corvair's six cylinders and dirt cheap parts (except for that 4340 crank > and front bearing). But since I'm thoroughly up to speed on Corvairs, own two > complete engines in aircraft form and spare parts (none for sale...call my > wife after I'm dead), I'm sticking with what I know and have already bought > and paid for! > > Mark Langford > ML at N56ML.com > http://www.n56ml.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
