> I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable flying behind and engine that had > to turn nearly 6000 rpm to make it's power.
So you'd never fly in a jet? ;-) I find this to be a very interesting issue. One where it really doesn't make any difference what the facts are but one where people have the opinion that they have and it is just not open to change. Kind of like sex, politics or religion. The hardest thing about it for me is that it sounds like it might have some basis in common sense. When you think about an engine turning 6000 RPM when everyone knows that "airplane" engines never turn more than half that. It just can't be good for the engine and obviously the engine won't last. That sounds like common sense but of course it is BS. The only thing that "airplane" engines and modern "inline" engines have in common is that they are internal combustion engines. After that the discussion is over. Carburetors? Magnetos? I can spend half a million dollars on a brand new airplane and it will have both of these. Are you kidding? I am currently researching just how engines get certified. I am fairly familiar with how the aircraft manufactures do it but wasn't really aware how the automobile companies do it. In the case of the automotive engines being "certified" means making it into production. The abuse that they are put through makes my confidence in my engine soar and I can't wait to see how it will actually perform at 4700 RPM. Once I am flying I plan to start a web site or at least get with Mark and see what I need to do to get on the KR completed and flying list. But I have resisted doing any of this until I get her done. I have just decided to break from my original edict and purchase a fully programmable ignition system instead of keeping everything stock. This will allow me to program my A/F ratio and ignition advance or retard at any RPM , any boost, and any load. Something a modern "certified" aircraft engine could never hope to do. But weather I make 10000 hours or not even 10, people believe what they want, and that is just the way it is. So if you think you can do it better and or different then get after it. Change will happen. Stephen Teate Paradise, Texas ************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient, you should delete this message. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized, and any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or omitted in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. **************************************************************
