Why are low-revving, high torque engines preferred?

On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:01:36 -0500, "Peter Dohm"
But it was not always so--and I recommend that you ask a few of the old
timers why they used to refer to some ofthe ultralight areas by nicknames
such as "the killing fields".

Most of the early ultralight fatalities were due to lack of training
and the occasional structural failure, not engine failure... not that
there weren't frequent engine failures, too. And even at that, many
of the engine failures were pilot related... either not knowing
anything about engines (again, lack of training) or pilots who thought
they could treat a 2-stroke just like a Continental 0-200. How many
pilots fried their Cuyuna engines because they didn't have an EGT to
keep track of the temperatures?

-Dana (who first flew an ultralight in the 1980's, and still flies a
Cuyuna powered ultralight today(yes, with EGT and CHT))


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People in cars cause accidents. Accidents in cars cause people.