<VV> Corvair Plane Crash

[Mark Durham]

Hmmm, does sound fuel related. However, it is not uncommon for people
to run automotive fuel in their aircraft, there is a STC for doing so,
but they are to avoid ethanol laced fuel. The needle at the carb fuel
inlet and the accelerator pump have surfaces that could swell,
however, otherwise the carb is no more complex than our Corvair carbs,
accept they have a mixture control. I did an accident investigation (I
am a Aviation Safety Inspector by trade) a few years ago here in the
Spokane area, a homebuilt with a nice looking Corvair engine in it,
quit on first takeoff, the owner, not an A&P, did some funky things to
the marvel carb and it quit on first takeoff, the owner did not
survive. Mark Durham

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Bruce Schug <bwschug at att.net> wrote:
> Hope Nader doesn't hear about this.
>
>
> http://www.myvalleynews.com/story/55843/
>
>
>
>
>
> Bruce
>
> Bruce W. Schug
> CORSA South Carolina
> CORSA member since 1980
> Performance Corvair Group
> Stock Corvair Group
> VirtualVairs
> FastVairs
> '67 Monza, "67AC140"
> bwschug at att.net
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  _______________________________________________
> This message was sent by the VirtualVairs mailing list, all copyrights are the property
> of the writer, please attribute properly. For help, mailto:vv-help at corvair.org
> This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America, http://www.corvair.org/
> Post messages to: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
> Change your options: http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/options/virtualvairs
>  _______________________________________________
>