Builders, College #41 will be our largest in 2017. It already is 3/4 full. We are just 74 days away from the event, but the sign up shuts off automatically when we reach the event’s capacity. Do not procrastinate if you are planning on getting something significant done in homebuilding this season. . Corvair College #41, …
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Builders, This is the general information page for Corvair College #43. It is being posted on 6/12/18. The on line sign up link is attached below. . Background: Corvair College #43 will be held at Barnwell SC, 9-11 November 2018: This is our flagship College. For a look at the 2015 Barnwell College, check this …
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Above, A photo taken at Sun n Fun 2006. My wife Grace Ellen and myself, in front of the first Corvair powered Zenith, our own N-1777W. The plane was the first XL model with conventional gear. Grace is a skilled pilot in her own right. She has been a pilot longer than I have, holds more …
Builders Here is a quick look at a tool that Corvair/Panther builder Paul Salter, Dan Weseman and myself employ to collect data. It is a HD thermal imaging video camera which Paul has linked to store the images and video for analysis. The tests shown below on Paul’s 3,000 cc Panther engine were just to calibrate the equipment and …
Builders, Below is a quick look and a video introduction to our new “Maintenance, Operations and Procedures manual . . Above, the cover: If you ar building or flying a Corvair powered plane, you need to own one of these. It is made up from data pulled together from my experience and that of Dan …
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Builders, Jeff Moores of Newfoundland is our most remote builder/Corvair pilot. His plane is a Zenith 750 cruiser powered by a 3,000cc/120 HP Corvair engine, built straight from my manuals and our parts catalogs. The really unique element of Jeff’s approach is to fly the plane all year. This is made possible by two factors: …
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Builders; I have a new, 3,000cc Corvair in my shop. It has 2 hours of break in time on it only, done on my test stand. It is built directly under my supervision from a complete parts kit from myself and SPA. The engine is set up for a group 2800 heavy duty oil system. …
Builders, More than 25 years ago, long before the internet, I wrote my first Corvair manual, and printed it on a then modern dot matrix printer. In that manual, and in every one since, I have told builders not to use cast pistons in aircraft motors. I have never built a single flight engine using …
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Builders, I was forwarded the image of the modified Pietenpol pictured below. It is Corvair powered, and I have been told it was signed off by the FAA, but I don’t have a record of working with him. . UPDATE: The builder of the plane has sent a request saying that he wanted the image …
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