Here as a basic briefing on Corvair flight engines for builders getting a first look at using one. Above, A 3,000 cc Corvair flight engine. I built this particular one in 2012 for the SPA Panther aerobatic aircraft prototype. The Corvair is a popular option on more than 20 different experimental airframes. The Corvair is a …
Builders, Below is a snap shot of setting the ignition timing on a running 2700 cc Corvair on my run stand at the 2018 Zenith open house. . . Above, the 2700cc Corvair of Mark Miller, getting its timing set with a $50 strobe light at the Zenith open house. Although the procedure is something …
Builders, Here is the video notice for Corvair College #45. Please note that this College is an “Operations College” Where the focus of the event is learning the subjects in the New – M.O.P. Manual, a required technical document. . The event is open to the public, you only need to buy a gate pass for the …
Shipping: We generally ship via USPS Priority Flat Rate whenever possible. Freight shipping is used for larger and heavier items like complete motors. Orders requiring freight shipping shall be quoted individually. When your items ship you will be notified via email of the tracking or PRO number. Missing or damaged parts: Customers have 7 days …
Carb Ice By Grace Ellen Grace Ellen is a freelance writer and pilot. She was a newspaper journalist for 10 years but left the profession upon finally conceding that it was morally bankrupt. A three-day open cockpit trip home from AirVenture 2001 in N1777W crystallized her love of aviation and formal training followed in …
Builders, You can go on any internet or social media site, attend any EAA meeting or hang around any small airport, and without fail, people will present “Information” as if it was the data from a scientific test they were qualified to, and personally ran themselves. . Some of these people, perhaps the majority, are …
Builders: I typically put out an ‘Outlook’ statement in January each year, outlining the game plan for who I will work with builder during the upcoming year, what we will focus on, events in the works. This year is a but different, as it is my 30th year in the business, and I spent the …
Builders, Here are a few pictures to wrap up Justin’s 2.5 day hangar visit. It is a story of good times and great progress. As you read, make your own plan for progress this season. . . Above, the finished motor mount. It was a lot of calculation, measurement and work, but we charged him …
Continue reading “Justin Peters Starlet progress in one hangar visit.”
Builders, Mike Quinn, who has attended many, many Corvair Colleges, drove this 1966 Ford Pick up to CC #43. It makes a very visual case for simple machines. Mike is a very interesting cat who owns more than 50 cars. His choice to take this vehicle on a casual interstate trip comes as little surprise …
Builders, While this is far from the worst Corvair engine I have ever seen built to fly in a plane, it does rate honorable mention, and its own photo shoot. A builder brought it to Corvair College #43; to be absolutely clear, it was not his work, he just picked it up as a core, …
