Gig 601XL Builder wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Gig 601XL Builder wrote in
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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.

Well it would!

I thought the 601 was a rotax/jabiru type of machine.



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.

Mmm, I remember seeing them at OSH like that. I think my friend was
going for cub type eyebrows.