” The most simple flying Plane, even if it is not aesthetically pure, or record light, provides more satisfaction than any masterpiece that is over budget and years behind schedule, sitting in a garage, that will fly “someday.” We flew the Skycoupe and its funky looking trailer tires to many airshows. In the second incarnation we …
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Builders: Below are 200 stories on aircraft building that I wrote in the last 2.5 years. This is just the top 40% most popular ones from our blog. They are loosely grouped, but you can scan through the titles, and you can read the full story by clicking on any colored title. There are some …
Builders: Here is one spot where we have collected a number of different stories on Fuel injection for Corvair aircraft onto a single reference page. Like the other reference pages, it is a central starting point on the topic, and easy to keep updated or make additions to. If you are interested in learning more …
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Builders, Here is a single location page that has a great number of links to information specific to the Zenith 750 / William Wynne-Corvair Combination. It is a particularly good match, we have a number of different ways to approach it that serve the needs of many different builders, and it is a success story …
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Builders, Here is a single location page that has a great number of links to information specific to the Zenith 601/650 / William Wynne-Corvair Combination. It is a particularly good match, we have a number of different ways to approach it that serve the needs of many different builders, and it is a success story that …
Builders, Here is a single location page that has number of links to information specific to the Zenith 701 / William Wynne-Corvair Combination. In brief, we flew the combination in 2007, and it does work. Our test aircraft weighed 677 pounds ready to fly (without fuel) and more importantly, was well within the CG envelope for the …
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Builders, One of the guys who has been around the Corvair movement for a long time is Charlie Johnson. He is a very unique guy, an aerospace engineer of great experience, and something of an actual rocket scientist. In aviation circles he is best known by the name “One Sky Dog.” Charlie is well-known in the Dragonfly building …
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Builders, A few days ago, I spoke with Gary Burdett of Lincoln Illinois and covered some notes on his upcoming first flight of his Zenith 750. The conversation was fairly short because Gary had done all his homework, he knew what he was planning on doing and all his bases were covered. Near the end …
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Builders; Continuing on the Pietenpol theme, we present round three of California Corvair powered Pietenpols. This magnificent bird is the work of Mike Groah and his father Vic. It has been flying a little less than 6 months. Get a good look at the workmanship in the photos, it is outstanding. Above, the side view …
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Friends, Below is a tale of adventure, penned by Kevin Purtee. He is very well known in the Pietenpol community, and in the land of Corvairs he and his wife Shelley are best known as the hosts of Corvair College #22 in Texas. People who have met Kevin understand that he has a whole other life in a …
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