Pietenpol-List: engine available
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:58 pm
Original Posted By: lshutks(at)webtv.net (Leon Stefan)
I just heard about an engine /prop combo that is available. This is a Chevy(GM) 2.5 Liter - 4 cylinder engine with a wooden prop. A retired Doctor (ordentist) built this engine up for a Corben Baby Ace and it was completed andflew. It was very satisfatory however evidently some family members"encouraged" him to convert to a continental. Auto engine Phobia, I guess.He told me it had a special cam put in to make the max power 92 hp at alower RPM than what the engine is rated at. I think it also of course comeswith carb, prop hub, stacks, etc.This is the same type engine that Larry Harrison flew with for years - Iflew that plane several times and it was a sweet engine. It also LOOKSvery much like a Model A.Dr Wicker is known here locally as a VERY capable builder and pilot havingbuilt and flown a Marquart Charger for years.Anyway - I have no interest in this at all - diont get a thing out of it -Ijust wanted to pass it along.If anybody wants his telephone number, e-mail me off line.Bert________________________________________________________________________________ ETAtAhQjeL0f0My6LzBe+kaZaZGxE3VyOAIVAJWiL+ExnS/wn4EWPTZLviU7NfEJ
I just heard about an engine /prop combo that is available. This is a Chevy(GM) 2.5 Liter - 4 cylinder engine with a wooden prop. A retired Doctor (ordentist) built this engine up for a Corben Baby Ace and it was completed andflew. It was very satisfatory however evidently some family members"encouraged" him to convert to a continental. Auto engine Phobia, I guess.He told me it had a special cam put in to make the max power 92 hp at alower RPM than what the engine is rated at. I think it also of course comeswith carb, prop hub, stacks, etc.This is the same type engine that Larry Harrison flew with for years - Iflew that plane several times and it was a sweet engine. It also LOOKSvery much like a Model A.Dr Wicker is known here locally as a VERY capable builder and pilot havingbuilt and flown a Marquart Charger for years.Anyway - I have no interest in this at all - diont get a thing out of it -Ijust wanted to pass it along.If anybody wants his telephone number, e-mail me off line.Bert________________________________________________________________________________ ETAtAhQjeL0f0My6LzBe+kaZaZGxE3VyOAIVAJWiL+ExnS/wn4EWPTZLviU7NfEJ