"Richard Lamb" wrote in message
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Andreas Maurer wrote:

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:05:21 -0500, " jls"
wrote:

If I wanted a REAL 180HP aircraft engine I'd go with an XP360 from
Mattituck
or Titan kit from ECI or something like that, particularly since the
Jab
costs 22k and has 4 too many cylinders to have to keep up and revs way
too
high. Can we say glorified Beetle engine here?:

More or less Beettle..
The main cause why I'm interested in the 5100 is its weight - 117 kg
dry weight is a lot better than anything else around that I'm aware
of. It is also pretty narrow, making it possible to use a pointed
cowling whith its better aerodynamics. The O360 is a monster compared
to the 5100.

One more handicap is that I'm in Germany, making it problematic to use
US engine conversions that have not been licensed by the German
authorities.

But thx a lot anyway for the hint...

Bye
Andreas

260 pounds?

That's a pretty respectable weight -
unless
external oil tank?
It that with accessories like starter and alternator?
Does it have a vacuum pump pad?

It's air cooled, isn't it? No radiator.

Still,

An IO-360 runs 330 pounds without accessories...

Ever tried to pick up an O-360 crankshaft? I tried, then I got some help.

The O-360 "Lycoming Paint Shaker" has four massive 5 1/2" diameter pistons
that pound that crank mercilessly - it HAS to be heavy. A crank in a flat
8, by comparison, has the power impulses spread over 4 whacks per revolution
so it can be lighter. On the downside, the flat 8 has higher internal
friction so the SFC will be worse.

Bill Daniels