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Guest Editorial, Greg Crouchley, Waiex/Corvair builder.
Builders, About a month ago we had Greg down to finish and test run his 3,000 cc Corvair equipped with a Weseman billet crank. Greg had been at CC#24 and came close to getting his engine running, but...
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Getting Started in 2013, Part #8, ‘Davie Dog’ Short Block
Builders; Builder ‘Davie Dog’ is going to up the ante on Chas. Charlie by going for one of Dan Weseman’s new billet cranks with a Gen 2 bearing hub installed. He is going to choose to have a new gear...
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Building a Metal Experimental, the Panther building bolg.
Builders: If you are new to experimental aircraft building, it is often hard to visualize the exact techniques that are used to build airframes in the major groups, Steel tube, wood, composite and...
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Mail Sack, 1/21/13, Getting started and various topics.
Builders, Here is a sample of from the mail: A letter From Jeff Moores, Merlin/Corvair builder and flyer from Newfoundland Canada. Jeffs story of building and flying is in this link: Corvair Powered...
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Getting Started in 2013, Part #9, ‘Eddie Easy’ short block.
Builders; Builder ‘Eddie Easy’ is going to work with Roy of Roy’sgarage.com. Roy has his own 5th bearing design, and it is now flying on about a dozen aircraft. The bearing design requires builders to...
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Getting Started in 2013, Part #10, Piston and Cylinder options.
Builders; Reviewing the options to this point, I want to bring the comparison up to the point where every engine has a 5th bearing on it. These 5 paths present proven options for builders to follow,...
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Getting started in 2013, Part #11, Comment of the day
Builders, 601XL TD 3,100 Corvair Builder/pilot, MIT Aerospace engineering PhD and USAF T-38 instructor Andy Elliott wrote in with the following Comment about the Getting started Series: “I really like...
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Front and Rear alternators, their part in numbering system
Builders, I am going to jump ahead in the numbering system to alternator choices. As you will see, The standard charging system, the front alternator system we have used for 9 years is Standard...
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Mail Sack, 1/23/13, “the rules”
Builders; A sample of the mail on the topic of “the Rules” Zenith Builder/flyer Andy Elliott ( a.s.elliott@cox.net )writes: “I liked very much this particular part of your last posting, and am working...
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Running an Engine at a College, required items.
Builders, This letter came in from Pietenpol builder John Francis: “William, I attended CC #20 and was happy to have my case checked out by Roy and get it assembled. I am slowly gathering the parts I...
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Guest Editorial, Pietenpol builder Terry Hand.
Builders; Tonight’s Guest editorial is from Pietenpol builder Terry Hand. Terry was motivated to write this by attending several Corvair events and watching many of the builders present share their...
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Mail Sack, 1/25/13. Terry Hand Editorial, Numbering System
Builders, Here is a sample of the mail on Terry Hand’s Editorial: Zenith 601XL builder and flyer Phil Maxson writes: “This is an excellent article. Each of these points resonated with me, but I’m...
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Calling Central FL builders, Meeting 9am Sat. 26th
Builders, Just a quick reminder that I am going to be the guest speaker at the Leesburg EAA chapter at 9am. The meeting is held at the airport in the hangar on the west end. I am headed down to meet...
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Getting Started in 2013, Part #12, Piston Choices
Builders; Here is a look at some notes on the 1300 group. I left out the 1302 section on rods because I am revising it now. For right now this is a good overview on piston choices. Engine kit notes:...
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Expert Witnesses in civil Aviation trials.
Builders, Let me expose you to a side of aviation that you are not likely to read about in our industry publications. I have worked in this industry for more than 20 years. I have done a number of...
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New Panther Cowling, shown in pictures.
Builders, Below is a picture of Dan’s new Panther Cowl roughed in on the front of his prototype. He and Rachel did this work over a 7 hour stretch on Sunday. I stopped by their hangar and saw it at...
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Fly Corvair at Sun n Fun 2013, Starts April 9th. (Booth N-66)
Builders, Grace and I have decided to return to Sun n Fun again this year. This will be my 25th consecutive year at the event. We will have a full commercial display, in booth N-66, which is on the row...
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Calling All “Zenvair” Flyers……601 / 650 / 750
Builders, I just spoke with Sebastien Heintz, President of Zenith, and we would like to have a Corvair powered Zenith in the Zenith aircraft display area at Sun n Fun. We have a long tradition of doing...
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Getting Started in 2013, Part #13, Basic piston/rod/cylinder combo.
Builders; If a basic builder wanted to go shopping a Clarks Corvairs for base line 2700cc Corvair pisron/rod/cyl. components, here is a break down of what the parts look like. I have rounded off some...
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Getting Started in 2013, Part #14, 2,850 cc piston/rod/cyl. Kits
Builders. The next piston option we are going to look at is one we developed in-house, as a purpose-built, clean sheet of paper concept, to bring advanced combustion characteristics to Corvair flight...
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