Phil Hill wrote: > I don't know, I think a smart person might consider becoming a North > American distributor...
I've been watching these guys from Motorav at OSH and SNF for the last few years, and I think the only "flyer" that I brought home from SNF last year was from Motorav. I thought to myself..."these guys are doing it right!". They have some very interesting ignition ideas too. My next plane will be Corvair powered though. 50% more power, 50% more weight, but lot more reliability in the form of two extra cylinders for safety, valves that never need adjusting, better engine cooling, lower head temperatures, better engine cooling, and very rare valve issues. A quality 4340 crankshaft costs twice as much as the VW crank, but it puts an end to the biggest Corvair risk, using a reground crankshaft. And the Corvair fifth bearing options are much simpler and less troublesome than the VW front bearing experience that I've had (that deserves a webpage all by itself!). If carrying an extra 80 pounds of engine around, it's worth it in the ability to get off the runway and get altitude in a hurry, even if one cylinder is dead. And just because you have 50% more power doesn't mean you burn 50% more fuel, just throttle back to the same speed as the VW and you will get very similar fuel burn, although there is a slight penalty (~7%, depending on all-up aircraft weight)for the extra weight. Yep...that's another web page coming... Mark Langford, Harvest, AL ML "at" N56ML.com www.N56ML.com
