Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Yipes! Braver man than me. A friend is just finishing a Sonerai. It
has a mag and electronic ignition. Bertie like.


Bertie
The Corvair conversion uses single plug per cylinder and dual and
separate ignition system. Originally it was two points based ignitions
now it is one electronic and one points.

If you're interested look at http://www.flycorvair.com/


Ah, OK, I've seen your site a few times. I helped a friend build a corvair
powered Piet a looong time ago. He eventaully did finish it BTW.
He had a bunch of Corvairs for a while. his daily drive was a beat up old
1961 Monza. It did go! We found an abandoned blower engined one and pulled
the engine out of it, planning to put it on the airplane, bu tit would up
on the Monza. I remember the bearings for the blower cost more than all the
other parts for the rebuild combined. I even raced it once. He was under
age and I wasnt when we showed up ( timed event) so I got to drive. It was
quick though it was still a four carb engine then! Weird oversteer...
AFAIK he flew the Piet with a two carb setup and it went well, but I never
got to see it flying..
nice little engine. I would have thought it was too heavy for your airplane
though?


Bertie

As far as weight goes it is just about the same installed weight as an
O-200 (which is what the factory built LSA 601XL uses)and that six
cylinder runs like an electric motor compared to a Lyc or Cont. 4 cylinder.

William Wynne has come up with some modifications since the Piets used
the engine that have reduced weight somewhat. For one at least some of
the Peits kept the factory colling fan. It's not there in the 601XL install.