<VV> Re: engines for airplanes

[Roger Gault]

If you guys want to see what kind of work some of these folks do, look at
the engine work sections of Mark Langford's site
http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/index.html

Don't miss the "Broken Crank" section - very interesting (and exciting for
us ex-pilots).

Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rad Davis" <rad.davis at comcast.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Re: engines for airplanes


> I lurk on the Corvaircraft mailing list, so I guess I'm qualified to
answer
> this question:
>
> Corvair guy and aviation A&P William Wynne has been doing comparison
> testing and benchmarking of stock and aftermarket Corvair engine parts for
> aviation use for quite some time now.  He has focused on direct drive (no
> reduction gear) applications for both weight and cost reasons.  He sells
> manuals, services and parts to support people doing an aviation conversion
> of a Corvair engine.  The primary design criteria are 1) reliability, 2)
> simplicity, and 3) power output in that order.  I can't argue with his
> reasoning given the nature of the application...