4A084

[chuck]

Does anybody know anything about this engine? Is it suitable for an
ultralight
and what kind of power/thrust can you expect from it?

[Ron Wanttaja]

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 15:34:57 -0500, "chuck" > wrote:

> Does anybody know anything about this engine? Is it suitable for an
> ultralight
> and what kind of power/thrust can you expect from it?

http://home.cfl.rr.com/aircraft/4A084.html/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A084Experimenters/

Ron Wanttaja

[jerry wass]

Richard Riley wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 15:34:57 -0500, "chuck" >
> wrote:
>
>
>>Does anybody know anything about this engine? Is it suitable for an
>>ultralight
>>and what kind of power/thrust can you expect from it?
>>
>
>
> They're heavy, like 125 lbs when everything is stripped off of them.
> There's a yahoo group that has a lot of information about them -
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surplusengines/
>
> 84 cubic inches, rated for 20 hp but supposidly people get 40-50 out
> of them.

Pore little things--can't breathe hardly 'tall---If a feller could put
bigger valves in 'em & more lift-(cam)--that would help-- I milled the
heads on one to raise Compression ratio---couldn't hardly tell any
difference.--never got around to playing with the spark tho--that might
have helped..Jerry