KR> 3100cc vs 2700cc Corvair engines

2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
VairHeads, Yesterday was a calm day, so I did a four way GPS run at 7500' at wide open throttle to see what the new 3100cc engine would do. Bottom line was 172 mph at 3740 rpm, which agrees nicely with indicated airspeed after pressure and temperature correction (TAS). If nothing else, this p

KR> 3100cc vs 2700cc Corvair engines/speed calculator

2008-10-12 Thread Brian Kraut
et Cc: Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft Subject: KR> 3100cc vs 2700cc Corvair engines VairHeads, Yesterday was a calm day, so I did a four way GPS run at 7500' at wide open throttle to see what the new 3100cc engine would do. Bottom line was 172 mph at 3740 rpm, which agrees nicely w

KR> 3100cc vs 2700cc Corvair engines

2008-10-12 Thread Fred Johnson
t: KR> 3100cc vs 2700cc Corvair engines VairHeads, Yesterday was a calm day, so I did a four way GPS run at 7500' at wide open throttle to see what the new 3100cc engine would do. Bottom line was 172 mph at 3740 rpm, which agrees nicely with indicated airspeed after pressure and temperature co

KR> 3100cc vs 2700cc Corvair engines

2008-10-12 Thread Mark Wegmet
d Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:45 PM To: KRnet Cc: Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft Subject: KR> 3100cc vs 2700cc Corvair engines VairHeads, Yesterday was a calm day, so I did a four way GPS run at 7500' at wide open throttle to see what the new 3100cc engine would do. Bottom line

KR> 3100cc vs 2700cc Corvair engines

2008-10-12 Thread Randy Smith
f > Of Mark Langford > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:45 PM > To: KRnet > Cc: Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft > Subject: KR> 3100cc vs 2700cc Corvair engines > > VairHeads, > > Yesterday was a calm day, so I did a four way GPS > run at 7500' at wid

KR> 3100cc vs 2700cc Corvair engines

2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
Mark Wegmet wrote: > I'm glad to see that you have something that performs the way you > expected. > Do you have any estimates on the hp@rpm and or ft/lbs of torque profiles > for > this configuration (I know, not easy to get without a Dyno). Just the Desktop Dyno stuff shown at http://home.hi

KR> 3100cc vs 2700cc Corvair engines

2008-10-12 Thread phil brookman
and climb rate come on tell us just for fun phill - Original Message - From: "Mark Langford" To: "KRnet" Cc: "Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft" Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 3:44 AM Subject: KR> 3100cc vs 2700cc Corvair engines > VairHeads

KR> 3100cc vs 2700cc Corvair engines

2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
phil brookman wrote: > and climb rate come on tell us I really haven't tried to do that test, but I can tell you that this morning it was indicating 1700'/min for the first couple of thousand feet of takeoff. One of these days I'll do a real test and report back, but it's pretty safe to say tha