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I like that Corvair engine too, but I wonder if it can swing a 96 inch
prop. Many of the individuals who are excited about the 103 HP VW
engine are happy with it because of the amount of thrust it can produce
swinging a big prop. Of course, most people do not want and do not need a
prop that big, it causes the top end performance to suffer but for
certain applications, wow.. some of those aircraft really hop off the
ground:
http://www.culverprops.com/back-yard-flyer.htm
The firewall forward package for this backyard flyer is a 2276cc VW
engine, 2.47:1 PSRU. I'm still looking for the weight figures for this
engine.
[image: http://www.greatplainsas.com/lcred.jpeg]
http://www.greatplainsas.com/llc1.html
I wouldn't be as keen towards what I'm seeing about this engine if it
wasn't for the huge prop it can handle and my specific need for extreme
STOL without high speed performance. I've been collecting links to as
many extreme STOL aircraft as I can find and have listed them in the
links section of the following yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Extreme_STOL- I'm still undecided over
which aircraft to build but I want something which has a takeoff roll
of 100 feet or less which will handle a large adult with room for one
average sized passenger. The CH 701 is too small, the STOL King looks
good but so far I've not been able to find a second party (aside from
the guy selling plans) who has built it to confirm the claimed
performance.
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Christopher
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Re: STOL Plans
