Pintlar wrote:
I thought I had bookmarked the site where a gent had all kinds of data and
sources for Corvair engines for adaptation to aviation.
Now I can't locate that site.
Hope someone one can help me find any Corvair aviation engine site.
in advance. . .thanks.
PS. Is 100 hp about max one can get out of a Beetle 4 cyc opposed air
cooled engine w/o turbo charging?
You will get a lot of opinions about this. Look a aircraft that can use
a VW or an O200 and compare performance. Q2 vs. Q200 is one. My own
opinion is that a VW can produce about 50hp continuously and reliably.
Anything over this and you start with valve problems and cracked cases.
Look at Great Plains http://www.greatplainsas.com/. Perhaps the
exception is Limbach
http://www.limflug.de/index.php?page=homepage&lang=eng but you'll pay
for it. Remember that talk is cheap.

Rutan wanted about 65hp for the vari-eze. He started with a VW but
switched to a C85 after a few bad experiences. He never designed an
airplane for a VW again.