Harley engine special

We are having a special or Harley-Davidson engine packages.
We were going to have this at Sun-n-Fun butttt... since we
didn't make it there, we will go ahead with it now.
You can check them out at www.hog-air.com

Brett

I used to work in a power generation field. We had a picture of a 16" iron
pipe with a Hardley Ableson motor attached. The caption was "If Harleys
built aircraft, would you fly?". Also seen a lot of Hardleys pulled over at
the side of the road during their Redwood Run here in northern California.
But that was the old days. I kinda like their newest stuff that Harley
enginners wanted to build back in the 70"s but their dealer network wouldn't
let them as they feared that the end user would go for the 4
valve-watercooled stuff.

Dale Alexander

"Brett" wrote in message
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We are having a special or Harley-Davidson engine packages.
We were going to have this at Sun-n-Fun butttt... since we
didn't make it there, we will go ahead with it now.
You can check them out at www.hog-air.com

Brett

Looking at the Hog-Air site reminds me of the guy who drew up a
"Breezy Senior" with a Piper Aztec wing (the engine nacelle notches
skinned over) and a 8V71T Detroit Diesel turning what looked like a
cut down Sea Fury Dowty-Rotol five blader. He was a McDonnell-Douglas
engineer and his numbers actually looked good-of course it still only
had two seats and went 85 knots. The 350 hp, 2300 lb engine cut into
the useful load somewhat.

(Fred Collins) wrote in message . com...
Looking at the Hog-Air site reminds me of the guy who drew up a
"Breezy Senior" with a Piper Aztec wing (the engine nacelle notches
skinned over) and a 8V71T Detroit Diesel turning what looked like a
cut down Sea Fury Dowty-Rotol five blader. He was a McDonnell-Douglas
engineer and his numbers actually looked good-of course it still only
had two seats and went 85 knots. The 350 hp, 2300 lb engine cut into
the useful load somewhat.


I'm sorry but I fail to see the comparison.
I am simply offering a alternative engine for home built aircraft.
That now weighs less than 200lbs and makes 110 hp.

Brett

I don't mean to disrespect your project but the idea of flying behind
a Harley-Davidson engine-I owned a couple of them before yuppies made
them expensive, they were the most cantankerous, oil-leaking things
around. With only two cylinders don't you have torsional vibration
problems out the wazoo?

It seems like a short time ago the homebuilders finally figured out
you could use a modern liquid cooled auto engine, now you're running a
1930s air-cooled big displacement twin..Don't get me wrong, if it's
reliable I wish you all the success in the world, anything has got to
be better than Lycoming for an obsolete product peddled for a king's
ransom. I don't know what seems weirder, the sound of a Hog taxiing
out or the look on Harley management's faces if this actually becomes
popular.

"Fred Collins" wrote in message
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I don't mean to disrespect your project but the idea of flying behind
a Harley-Davidson engine-I owned a couple of them before yuppies made
them expensive, they were the most cantankerous, oil-leaking things
around. With only two cylinders don't you have torsional vibration
problems out the wazoo?


The Harley Evolution engine is quite dependable and doesn't leak oil. It
runs 10 or so degrees cooler than the shovelhead engine. Having owned and
ridden a brand new '89 H-D Softtail Heritage, and now owning a shovelhead
from the 70's and a panhead from the 60's I can vouch for the durable,
dependable Evo engines.

BTW, I have no interest in converting H-D engines to aircraft use and don't
know anyone who is doing it. I have visited a H-D to aircraft conversion
website once, probably 6 months ago. I'm strictly a Continental and
Lycoming kind of a guy.