I should probably remind folks that there's a list named "CorvAircraft" that
I also run. To subscribe, send an email to corvaircraft-j...@mylist.net .
I can tell you that there was once a lot of talk about aluminum cylinders,
but as far as I know, nobody is currently flying behind them. To se
Excerpt from Wikipedia,
"Nikasil was very popular in the 1990s. It was used by companies such
as Audi, BMW, Ferrari and Jaguar Cars in their new engine families.
However, the sulfur found in much of the world's low quality gasoline
caused some Nikasil cylinders to break down over time [1], c
Reading through some stuff over the weekend I realised VW cylinders are used
on some Corvair builds. This got me wondering about using nikasil cylinders
to save weight. I've seen claims of about 10lb saving from a set of nikasil
cylinders on a VW, so I assume that would translate to a 15lb saving
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