Perry and
Charlie Harber's
GLASAIR II TDS. Pat
Panzera details the adventures of father and son team Perry and
Charlie Harber as they build a Glasair I using first a 3.8L
Ford/Blanton conversion and then a small block Chevy with a
Geschwender geared
PSRU and a Bendix, aviation-style mechanical fuel injection system.
Tube Frames Go
Digital. Freelance writer
David Hicks introduces Don VanRaay, the President of
Cartesian Tube
Profiling and showcases his work with computerized tube
notching for the construction of tube frames of varying degrees of
difficulty, saving the average builder potentially hundreds of
hours.
Andrew
Plunkett's Subaru EJ25 powered
Glasair I. Andrew does a marvelous job
describing the adventure undertook when he decided to use an
automobile engine with a Marcotte Redrive in his plane.
Get More
Cooling Capacity From Your Radiator.
More tips and tricks of the trade from Bud Warren of
Geared
Drives, this time he details just how to go about “splitting” a
single-pass radiator and converting it to either a double or
triple-pass system.
The Raceair
Designs 'Lil Bitts Biplane.
Award winning builder and designer
Ed Fisher shows his one
of his latest creations.
Perry Harber's extraordinary Chevy powered
Glasair II.
High speed pass, video was made with a still camera in video mode so the sound is horrible. Turn DOWN your speakers.
A Subaru Legacy with
Redundant EFI.
Ken Lehman does an outstanding job describing the redundant nature of the
electrical systems installed in his EJ22 powered Murphy Rebel. See issue
#41.
MegaSquirt. EFI:
For the Do-It-Yourself Builder.
Marcotte Redrive.
A very brief side piece with contact information. Also see issue #51 and 92
Special Airworthiness
Information Bulletin alerts the
operators of airplanes powered by Volkswagen air-cooled engines of an
airworthiness concern where the engine loses power due to the loss of
cylinder head fastener torque.
No One Believed That We
Walked Away.
Phyllis Ridings-Murawski of
Geared Drives,
details the fiery loss of their Wheeler Auriga. Also see issue #89
Carburetor Icing-- One
More Time.
Another great discussion on carb ice, this time by Harry Hill of the
Winnipeg Area RAA
Paul Lipps Checks In
and gives us some stats on the performance with a recently installed Elippse
prop on an RV-6. Also see issue #88.5
Alternatives to the Rotax
912 & 914 Engines. Don Parham of RFI
Power Systems compares the Rotax series of 80-115 hp engines to automobile
conversions available from the US market.
Raven Redrives Checks In.
By Jeron Smith. Raven Rotorcraft and Redrives’s latest offering, a
three-cylinder, 38-hp direct drive Geo/Suzuki engine.
From COPPERSTATE to
COPPERSTATE.
Nicholas Wood tells of his
experiences during his first year working at CONTACT! Magazine.
Prop Balancer Revisited.
John Steere takes the Paul Lipps designed propeller balancer and adapts it
for wheel balancing. See issue #88.5
Builder Assist Program.
Bruce Sturgill provides us with a progress report on being a Personal
Cruiser beta builder. Also see issue #88
End of an Era:
Exemption 7162 Expires. Owners of experimental aircraft could once be
compensated for renting their aircraft to others who sought experimental
aircraft-specific flight training can no longer be compensated.
EASA Supplemental Type
Certificate for Light Speed
Engineering’s
PLASMA CDI on a Lycoming O-360
Direct Drive Geo/Suzuki
1000cc aircraft engine.
Simulating hand-prop with electric starter.
Jeron Smith, Raven Rotorcraft
and Redrives, Inc.
COPPERSTATE.
Not too big, not too small; it’s what a
Fly-In was meant to be. A report on the 2006 event and an invitation to
2007.
COPPERSTATE 2007 Patrick Panzera
Randy Hebron’s EJ-22
Subaru Powered Volmer Amphibian. Anthony J. Liberatore does it again by bringing us details of a very special
amphibian.
The RFI Cog Belt
Reduction Drive for Subaru and Mazda Conversions. A report on the RFI PSRU by the very
prolific contributor Don Parham.
Stock Subaru EFI
Systems. Inspired by recent reports
of stock Subaru electronic systems going “LIMP HOME” at the worst possible
moment, Don Parham details exactly how the system works.
A new, 6.2L LS3
small-block V-8. Chevy does it again
with its latest iteration of their infamous (bad-to-the-bone) small-block.
Concept: Can A Long "Longster"
Be Built As A Legal Part 103 Ultralight? Oscar Zuniga
explores the possibility of building an old design with new materials,
including a 1/3 Corvair engine, and creating a modernized replica of a
classic design.
Home-Brewed Dyno. Andrew Arguemeina demonstrates how bathroom
scales can be used to determine the horsepower of an engine that’s still
bolted into an airframe.
A Vibration Study of a
Mazda 13B Installation in a Van’s RV6A. Steve Boese goes about studying vibrations
in a thorough manner.
Chevy Powered
Wheeler Express. Bud Warren of Geared Drives
introduces us to his geared redrive, as proven with his beautifully
crafted Wheeler Express. Former CONTACT! Magazine editor and
publisher Mick Myal found this story for us at SnF 2007 and through
a collaborative effort with Bud’s daughter Phyllis Ridings-Murawski,
they bring us this article.
Three-Rotor
Lancair ES. A project report on a plane that’s
about to take its first flight. We’ll certainly be following up with
this one. By Mark R. Steitle
The Vari-Prop by Pitch Control
Systems, L.L.C. We couldn’t be more pleased to
announce the union between the fine people at Vari-Prop and Paul
Lipps, the creator of the Elippse Propeller. We now have a
commercially available version of the Elippse prop, and best of all,
it’s constant-speed. By John P. Moyle and Patrick Panzera
Traffic Detector
Report. An unsolicited
report on a traffic avoidance device, the Traffic-Watch ATD-300,
installed after a close encounter with a Gulfstream pilot with his
head “up and locked”. by Steve Makish
CarterCopter.
The people at Carter
announce their 6-7 place turboprop, “Next Generation Business Air
Vehicle" (BAV) for true point-to-point travel.
How fast are you
really going? Revisited Part
II, reprinted from issue #88.5. By Paul Lipps
Paul’s Updates
My Plane Since Issue #77; Belleville Washers For Prop
Retention: Reno Successes: Vari-Prop, reprinted from issue #88.5. By
Paul Lipps
ISSUE 88.5
SPECIAL Paul Lipps issue. Published
July 12, 2007. Now on sale .
Elippse
Propeller. With all the
rules broken, this propeller looks and performs like none other.
By Paul
Lipps
Reprinted from issue #77, Mar-Apr 2004
Paul Lipps’
Lancair 235. Just like the
Elippse propeller, this plane is a little different. By Paul Lipps Reprinted
from issue #77, Mar-Apr 2004
Elippse
Propeller Test. Paul Lipps
answers the question, “Just how much difference can you
realistically expect from a spinner?” By Paul Lipps Reprinted
from issue #81, Jan 2006
How fast are you
really going? A whimsical
look at the effect of stagnation temperature rise as speed increases
and how that may be misleading you into believing that you are going
faster than you really are. By Paul Lipps Reprinted
from issue #80, Sep 2005
How fast are you
really going? Revisited.
Part II, created for this issue. By Paul Lipps NEW!
Sensitive Static
Prop Balancer. Another
highly useful Paul Lipps article, detailing the construction and use
of a special fixture designed by Jeff Jeter. By Paul Lipps Reprinted
from issue #84, Jul 2006
Paul’s Updates.
My Plane Since Issue #77;
Belleville Washers For Prop Retention: Reno Successes: Vari-Prop. By Paul
Lipps
NEW!
Tom Aberle’s
Phantom. The success story
of one team of Reno pylon racers. By John Moyle
and Patrick Panzera Reprinted from
issue #79, Feb 2005
Why you should know your ECU; Three case studies.
Larry David compiles three stories concerning the trials and
tribulations associated with using the OE ECU from a 2.2L Subaru
EJ22 powered KIS TR1. In
addition to Larry’s personal saga, George Moore and Graham Brighton
contribute to this case study.
Personal Cruiser; Real aircraft performance at ultralight cost.
Scott VanderVeen chronicles the conception, design work and building
process to bring this new aircraft to market, designed by Steve Rahm
and proves his FoldaPlane kit manufacturing concept.
Building a Corvair Cruiser.
Bruce Sturgill, long-time friend of CONTACT! Magazine, is one of
Scott VanderVeen’s beta-builders who
gives us a little insight into what it takes to actually build a kit
plane from the FoldaPlane process.
Flight Testing the Personal Cruiser.
Morgan Hunter describes his experience with test flying and proving
the Personal Cruiser.
Programmable EFI: A
Second Look. Ross Farnham of Simple Digital Systems brings us an update from his
previous digital EFI article and ties it in with the other EFI
articles in this issue.
A Tale of Two Drivers.
Steve Boese discovers issues with his
EC2 electronic engine control system related to operating from his high
altitude airport.
Corvair Powered CH601XL-N1777W.
Corvair guru William Wynne gives
an update with on his efforts with the Corvair engine conversion, as
it relates to his 601 and the Personal Cruiser.
Aluminum Cylinders for Corvair and VW Engines.
Pramod Kotwal of Nitron Inc.
announces his new product
line.
Rotary Progress
and Update. Ed Anderson
gives us an update on his 13B installation powering his RV-6A that
we reported on in earlier copies of CONTACT! Magazine, issues #49,
#50, #51, and #61.
A new offering
from a new supplier,
Propelled Engineering. Art and Cheryl Reudko along with Ted Alexander are embarking on a
new endeavor of bringing the convenience of a FWF package to the RV
community first, and others as demand dictates. By Earnest Kerr
X is for
Experimental; A Rotary Odyssey. A long anticipated article from
rotary engine guru Tracy
Crook that brings us up to date with his trials and
tribulations of taming his record-breaking RV-4.
One-off, single
rotor conversion for an Avid. A work in progress is described,
detailing building a single rotor engine from a mix of available OEM
parts and a few custom parts, gets the weight down and power up
while hopefully not sacrificing reliability. By Richard Sohn
Bill and Linda
Eslick’s rotary powered RV-6. With a $5,000 FWF investment, Bill
and Linda have done a remarkable job with their creation. By Bill Eslick
Decisions,
Decisions, Decisions. Considering a rotary engine for your experimental aircraft? This
article does its best to bring you up to speed by detailing what has
worked and what may not work while the author describes his Cozy
Mark IV. By John Slade
Duckt is now
ductless! Perry Mick picks
up where he left off in this follow-up article (in issue #60) on his
adventure into his ducted fan experiment, carried out with the use
of his sleek Long-EZ. By Perry Mick
Ken Millard’s
EG33 Powered
Comp MONSTER.
Mick Myal spotted this beauty at AirVenture 2006 and reports on the
installation of this 4-place, all composite kitplane with a hefty
Subaru engine.
4th Annual
Alternative Engine Round-Up. April 27-29, 2007 is the date, Jean
Nevada is the place. This is the only fly-in we know of that is for
experimenters, by experimenters, and it’s FREE!
Spark Ignited
Heavy Fuel, Part Deux. Anthony J. Liberatore brings more information on the use of heavy
fuel in aircraft piston engines. See issuse #81 for part I.
Turbo Diesel
Boxer: A World's First.
Subaru has developed a “first” with their turbo diesel engine based
on their opposed four plat form and should be delivered in vehicles
in 2008.
The PC-60
Military Surplus Engine. Converting an APU surplus engine for aviation, for a fraction of the
price of its certified counter part. By Dirk D.
Kretschman
A letter from
AOPA President Phil Boyer. Don’t despair is the topic of this “call to arms” from the AOPA
president. Phil is confident that we as a group can fight and win
the battle against “user fees”.
2700cc
Corvair Engine “Condition Inspection”. Mark Langford chronicles his
trails, tribulations and success with his use of the Corvair engine
in his remarkable KR2S. (see issue
#75).
e-Ink; Another Glass Revolution?
The nuts and bolts of a new type of
“glass cockpit” display that’s much easier to read and actually
looks better in sunlight. By Douglas
Hansknecht
Under-Promising, Over-Delivering:
The AeroTwin AT972T.
As promised in issue
#83 and in typical CONTACT! Magazine fashion, we spare no
detail with presenting a new engine. By Tim Kern
Tim
Sullivan’s Subaru Powered Super Zodiac CH 601 HDS. With superb help from
Stratus Subaru, Tim Sullivan completes his plane even before
obtaining his PPL. By
Patrick Panzera
Tim
Sullivan Stratus Subaru Engine. Tim details his rebuild and
installation of his engine, including cooling issues. By
Patrick Panzera
Sensitive Static Prop Balancer.
Another highly useful Paul
Lipps article, detailing the construction and use of a
special fixture de signed by Jeff Jeter. By Paul
Lipps
Thor
Magic Products. Not a miracle; it Just Works. As described in our mission
statement, we review a new product which just hap pens to be
a soap and wax. By Tim
Kern
How I
spent my SUMMER VACATION. Associate editor John P
Moyle tells the tale of his trip to the Czech Republic to
assembly the CH 601 XL donated to us.
CarterCopter issue reprinted with more pages.
We announce the reprint of
issue
#83
Maximizing
Flight Efficiency by Slowing the Rotor. The secret to the CarterCopter’s
success and insight to the unusual planform of the rotor. By Jay Carter
Carter’s High
Performance, Hollow-blade Propellers. An in-depth look at the unique
propellers being developed by Carter, includ- ing construction
techniques, ground test and flight tests, as well as data
spreadsheets. By Jeff Lewis
and Claudius Klimt
PIREP: Flying
the CarterGyro Demonstrator/Trainer AKA CGD/T. Carter Aviation Technologies’ test
pilot, George D. Mitchell gives us the rundown on preflight and the
operation of their new demonstrator.
Carter
FutureFlight-I, April 2-5, 2006. To showcase the everyday utility of
their newest VTOL technologies, Carter is planning a demon- stration
flight from Atlanta, GA to Sun 'n Fun, using the CarterGyro to visit
the same places along the way that we would visit using an auto
mobile on the same trip. By Anita C.
Infante
NASA Personal
Air Vehicle (PAV) Challenge
-- Postponed or Canceled? Rod Anderson looks at the NASA general aviation con test announced
last summer and how it led to the creation of Carter’s newest
aircraft design.
Is the
AeroTwin
Engine in the CarterGyro’s Future? A brief look at the new AeroTwin
engine and how it may end up powering the CarterGyro. By Greg Lynch
New 2+2
“CarterCopter” Announced. It
hasn’t stopped with the CarterCopter. Carter Aviation
Technologies has
been working behind the scenes and is ready to unveil their new
focus; a CONTACT! Magazine exclusive. By Jeff Lewis
John Steere’s Supercharged Thunderbird Powered
BD-4. Past contributor John Steere updates us with information
on his BD-4 project we previously covered in issue
#66 By
John Steere
Direct-Injection Turbocharged MAZDASPEED6
Engine. Mazda is offering 274 horsepower from a turbocharged,
direct inject- ion, gasoline engine. This all-aluminum, 4-cylinder
engine seems like a good candidate for conversion to aviation. By
Pat Panzera
Custom Wheel Pants for the Masochistic
Homebuilder. A step-by-step guide to plug and mold making for
the reproduction of fiberglass parts, specifically wheel pants. By
Chris Boultinghouse
The
Future of General Aviation Power. A frank discussion on the
direction general aviation is heading, including diesel, fuel cells,
hybrids and other alternative fuels.
By Michael Friend.
The Bandit: ”Mo” Bang for less Bucks. How
one builder set out to find an alternative to his certified O-320
installation in his RV-4, and found his answer in an airboat shop.
By Rob Ray
An introductory forum on
the Hexadyne P60, as presented by Cy Williams, at the 2005
COPPERSTATE Fly-In. We transcribed the engine forum at the
recent COPPERSTATE Fly- In, and offer it as a precursor to the
following in-depth article. By Cy Williams
The
Hexadyne P60
Associate Editor John Moyle outdoes himself once again, with a
thorough look into the little, yet powerful four-stroke engine,
deter- mined to replace the two-strokes in its class By John P.
Moyle
Elippse Propeller Test.
Paul Lipps answers the question, “Just how much difference can
you expect realistically expect from a spinner?” By Paul Lipps
Steve Lantz's LS6 powered
Republic Seabee. Two life-long friends work together to build a
show winning experimental Republic Seabee from scrap. Powered by a
405 HP LS-6 Corvette engine conversion by Brian Robinson. By Pat
Panzera
John O.
Thompson's EA-81 powered Kitfox IV-1200. John Thompson’s story of
converting a Subaru EA-81and fitting it to the nose of his beautiful
Kitfox. By John P Moyle
Revmaster R-3000 Engine. 10 years in the making, this new
engine is about to hit the market and take the 100hp engine genre by
storm. By John P Moyle
Revflow:
Innovations and improvements. Descriptions and details of the
inner-workings of the Revflow variable-jet, injector carburetor. By
Joe Horvath
Meet Joe
Horvath. A brief sidebar on Joe and his background with the VW
engine
By John P Moyle
BMW 1100RS
motorcycle engine conversion. Kuba Konstancin of Poland, reports
on his direct experience with converting and flying behind this
elegant motorcycle engine.
Planning Your Charitable Giving. Part II. CONTACT! Magazine
supporter Percy Lorie offers a little food for thought, by way of
the second in the series of informative articles.
How fast are
you really going? A whimsical look at the effect of stagnation
temperature rise as speed increases and how that may be misleading
you into believing you are going faster than you really are. By Paul
Lipps
Tom Aberle's PHANTOM,
smokes his class at
Reno, using a Paul Lipps propeller
(see issue
#77) by John P. Moyle and Pat Panzera
Planning Your Charitable Giving.Just in time for tax season,
CONTACT! Magazine supporter Percy Lorie offers a little food for
thought, by way of the first in series of informative articles.
Turbines: Is it turbine time for homebuilts?
By Vance Jaqua
Gary Walsh's Prop Problems. One man’s woes with his NSI cockpit
controllable propeller and the resulting airworthiness directive. By
Gary Wolf, President, RAA Canada
Ted Nickel's
3.8 liter Ford V6 powered all metal RV6. Many innovative ideas
which any homebuilder can utilize.
Ted Nickel
describes his glide performance experimentation, and the resulting
incident that all but destroyed his plane.
Dan Horton
takes some of the mystery out of
torsional vibration, and dispels the myth that a belt reduction
unit solves the issue.
Mazda's "next
generation" Renisis engine for the new RX8.
Hal Hadaller
reports on his problems with the Great Plains rear engine drive.
CONTACT!
Magazine announces
a
new aviation based charity, for aviators, by aviators. It's
time we take care of our own.
ISSUE 71
Paul Messinger
describes and illustrates the differences between all Subaru EA81
model engines, a must have article for any Subaru converter.
The one-of-a-kind stealth like Facetmobile is profiled by designer
Barnaby Wainfan.
ISSUE 70 Available in reprint only
Apply WWII liquid cooling solutions to your
auto conversion homebuilt, as researched by Prof. S.J. Miley at
Texas A&M.
A scratch built 7/10 scale P-51 by Dan Hawken
is powered by a Rover 3.9 engine .
Gary Spencer's Long EZ is powered by a Ford
V/8 and goes 240mph.
A turbo Mazda rotary in a Cozy is detailed by
Greg Richter.
ISSUE 69
A homebuilder, NASA's Mark Moore is behind
the official movement to develop affordable airplanes. A key element
is the use of auto based engines to reduce costs. Before and after
cost numbers are presented.
Craig Sellers was fed up with costs of
certified airplanes' repairs and elected to power his RV-8 with a
Corvette LT1 engine.
Giovanna Villanueva is promoting the
development of a radial cam engine, similar the RAD-Cam in issue
#68.
ISSUE 68
Jim Steen details his award winning
engineering of a belt redrive Toyota turbo MR2 conversion in a
Cassutt racer.
Mark Beierle is developing an eight cylinder
high performance cam engine for trikes, UL and sport class planes.
Les Homan's Starduster II biplane is powered
by a Chevy 4.3.
Del Chifton flies a NSI Subaru Legacy
firewall forward package in his RV-6.
ISSUE 63
Ed Anderson reports on extensive changes to
his Mazda RV-6A, reported previously in issues 49,50 and 51.
Ron Kociba details the design/development of
the new GM inline 6 truck engine, 40# lighter and 70 more HP than
the famous 4.3.
Jess Meyers gears up with his RV GM 4.3
conversion.
ISSUE 62
Understanding and sizing carburetors is
discussed by Clare Snyder.
Getting NACA reports online is recommended by
Dan Nicoson.
Marc Piolence provides a new approach to
radiator installation design.
George Graham details his approach to low
cost flying (E-Racer made from wood, Mazda 13b installation, PSRU
made from a transmission).
Check out a rotary for problems before buying
by Joe Woods.
ISSUE 61
How to check your electrics performance!
Flying Viper V/10 in original design
homebuilt.
More Subaru information by Don Parham.
Burak driveline failure cause determined by
Steve Crow.
ISSUE 60
Rohr Two-175, a ducted fan Delta! DIY beading
tool by Jeff Liot.
DESIGN ALERT: Stan Burak's outstanding
original design suffered a coupling failure.
Perry Mick is developing a ducted fan/Mazda
powered longEZ. Another RV, this one Mazda powered by Chuck Dunlap.
ISSUE 59
Pete Hodges plans to build an anphib, uses
computer simulation to determine his 60 degree Chevy V/6 engine
mods.
The first Mustang II powered by a Chevy 4.3
was built by Gale Derosier.
The Europa gets a
HP boost using a direct drive Subaru EJ22, by Lynn Elsner.
The Brits are developing aircraft Diesel
engines per Vance Jaqua.
Brian Robinson finally solves the Seabee
engine problem with a Corvette LS1 installation!
ISSUE 58
Excellent pointers on building reliable VW
power are offered by experienced Joe Hillebrand.
Ray Ward shares his experiences with Chevy
V/8 aftermarket power in a BD-4 and in his unique WARD
ACRO.
Dyno tests of Subaru EJ-22 and new cam
grind information documented by Ron Steber. Anyone contemplating
Subaru power will benefit from Don Parham's technical review.
The availability of Solex/SU
carburetors worldwide offer an economical alternative to Holley
products.
Australian Dave Sharples obtains good results
with his Blanton Javelin STOL used as a glider tug!
ISSUE 57
Dorrance Lance uses major parts of a
certified airplane (Bellanca) and an Ford 3.8 to meet the 51% rule.
Gerry Belcher flies his Travel Air replica
with a Chevy V/8 engine.
The KR Internet gang came up with a new wing
that exceeds the performance of Rand Robinson's RAF48. Story by
Oscar Zuniga.
Folis Jones (best auto powered plane award at
2000 SNF) comments on his development work with the Subaru.
ISSUE 56
Robert Pegg discusses his "Buck Rogers"
flying platform development, an interesting aircraft for those
interested in design concepts.
The all new Cadillac Northstar engine is
profiled by Allen Cline, a GM engineer.
Ever wonder what your risks are in flying? Al
Wick offers a logical approach you can use to establish your
personal comfort level..
Marshall Allen flies a Chris Heintz Zodiac
with a Subaru with largely NSI parts.
ISSUE 55
Two-place Diesel powered airplane by Paul
Lucas has excellent performance due to fuel savings, ideal cooling
management and airframe aerodynamics.
Dean Berry describes his flying 4.3 Chevy
powered RV-6A using SwagAero electronics.
Fred Carter reviews and debates problems of
carburetion vs. fuel injection.
Larry Olson has done considerable propeller
design and modification. He explains pitch factor effects.
William Wynne has generated new interest in
the 1960s era Corvair air-cooled engine and discusses his conversion
techniques.
ISSUE 53
Top P51 engineer Lee Atwood explains the
effectiveness of the P51 radiator, a must reference for anyone
adapting liquid cooled engines.
The 450 HP Viper sports car engine is
profiled by Chrysler chief engineer Charlie Brown III. 1/5th views
are published along with detailed technical information.
Don Parham informs readers on Subaru engine
systems and their electronics.
Dean Berry has flown his Blanton STOL powered
by a baby GM 215 engine for 400 hours.
Ed Lansing has developed some cooling
benchmarks for the Geo 1.0 liter engine, using his car as a test
bed.
John Harlow reports 295 hours on his Corvette
powered Lancair ES. New IVO prop considerably improves performance.
ISSUE 52
Stan Pitts wraps up his work published in
issue #43 on a Chevy 4.3 liter RV-6 conversion.
Dougs Combs describes his APEX turbine
installation in a clipped wing Luscombe.
Machinist Art Luther builds planetary and cog
belt redrives and prepares Subaru conversions. His Subaru 2.7 RV-6A
was featured in #36.
Akira Ishikawa provides readers with
hard-to-get official HP/torque curves for the Suziki/Geo 1.0 and 1.3
liter engines.
Corvair engine conversion problems and
solutions are solved by Torello Tacchi.
ISSUE 51
CAD drawings of his RV-6 electrical system
and flight results wrap up Anderson's successful Mazda
installation.
Jerry Schweitzer reports on his new 4.2 liter
Ford/RV-6 installation details.
The new Marcotte internal pinion redrive has
many reduction ratios. A cross section drawing is included by J-P
Deschenes.
ISSUE 50
Ed Anderson's Part 2 of 3 articles describes
his EFI and water and oil cooling systems. Find a CAD drawing of his
coolant header tank, photo views of his radiator diffusers.
Veteran composite builder Gary Hunter
describes the Pushy Galore F1 racer technical details.
Special FULL COLOR centerfold by Jim Ewen
shows all!
ISSUE 49
Ed Anderson details his 13B installation in a
RV-6A (part 1 of 3); CAD drawings are included.
Don Parham reviews Subaru engine conversions,
specific model differences are described.
The advanced design Rohr MR-2 airplane is
documented by Vance Jaqua.
George Graham's highly modified pusher design
solves cooling problems.
ISSUE 48 Available in reprint only
GM's new all aluminum premium 215 HP V/6
engine is profiled by Powertrain Staff Engineer Al Cline. In
addition to an overview of engine testing procedures, full technical
specifications and engine weights a 1/5 scale engine drawing is
included.
Tim England has had considerable success with
his GM 4.3 liter powered Velocity. His auto conversion approach is
also applicable to tractor type designs needing 200 HP.
ISSUE 47 Available in reprint only
Paul Messinger summarizes his past articles
with his design of a Subaru EA-81 electrical system.
Charles Airesman direct drives his Vari-Eze
with a stock EJ-22 Legacy, cruises at 200 MPH.
Leeon Davis shares his work on the 16HP
Briggs and Stratton engine in his DA-11.
Corky Scott reports on Eggenfellner's Subaru
conversions.
Steve Parkman retrofits a LYC O-235 with GM's
computerized electronic fuel/ignition.
ISSUE 46
Paul Messinger addresses alternators, their
regulation, design differences, safety "crowbars", etc.
Jeff Liot presents his approach to engine
mount fabrication.
Chuck Kondas shares his low buck approach to
flying...his simple redrive design is shown.
Roger Enns defines turbo control types and
selection.
ISSUE 45
Paul Messinger discusses system voltage
issues and component selection (part3).
Don Bates offers hints on propeller
selection, answers typical questions and concerns.
A Rotorway Rw-100 powers Ken Mintz's
Vari-Eze. His simple coolant system diagram is shown.
A detailed analysis of WWII fighter liquid
cooling problems and solutions can help the homebuilder, this
article by Hans Mayer originally appeared in the Canadian
Recreational Flyer.
ISSUE 44 Available in reprint only
Paul Messinger proposes special electrical
backup and safety systems for auto engine conversions.
The Ford archives contain an unique auto
powered flying wing built in the 1930s; design features are analyzed
(Tim O'Callaghan and Vance Jaqua, respectively).
