Harley motor in a homebuilt?

Jasper

How far from 'Sendre Stremfjord'? I was flight leader of a flight of
T-33's and all ejected over 'Son-da-strom' (Sp) Air Base 7 December
1969. All survived and one airplane was later found by a trapper on a
frozen lake where it had landed (crashed) and skidded across the lake
to the shore.

Always wondered if they later ever found the bird with the cargo pod
where I had all my civilian clothes and msc? Had a suit I got in Hong
Kong with English material. One of the best fitting suits I ever had
and material was outstanding.. Of course none of those clothes would
fit me now? Time and fat wait for no man G

Wx was 1000 and one in light snow and GCA radio's quit (
Everything outside cockpit was white. Ground, sides of the Fiords,
etc.

Found you on the map. Your about 150 SM south of 'Sondie'.


Big John


On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:32:22 -0200, Jesper Rex
wrote:

I live in Nuuk, which is the Inuit name for Godthaab, the largest city
in Greenland.

Happy flying
Jesper Rex
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:05:05 -0500, Big John
wrote:

Jasper

Where in Greenland?

Big John


On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 02:08:15 -0200, Jesper Rex
wrote:

This guy is building a Replica Airplane, that was originally powered
by a V-Twin. I guess that means, that to be a proper Replica he NEEDS
a V-Twin engine to power it, not anything else, no matter how much
better it is.

I don't know anything about building airplanes, but I did a quick
search on the net to see which Airplanes I could find that was Indian
Powered, and it looks like the Original had around 20HP, so I guess
that he would not need the full performance of the Harley Engine.

Just my 5c.

Happy flying from Greenland
Jesper Rex

On 20 Sep 2003 13:36:19 -0700, (Ralph DuBose) wrote:

"Eric Miller" wrote in message .net...
"David Hill" wrote
I'm working on a replica of a 1924 airplane originally powered by an
Indian Chief motorcycle engine. I've spent a year or two trying to find
a modern engine that somewhat resembles the Indian, and the best I have
come up with is a Harley-Davidson.

Do you really want your airplane to go "potato-potato-potato..." ? :-)

And on a more serious note, isn't the 45 degree configuration a lousy design
for vibration (or an excellent one, depending on how you look at it ) ?

Eric

In the world of high performance hovercraft, motorcycle engines
have been looked at for years. The only situations where they have
been made to work is where they are installed complete with gearbox
and rigged with a complex chain to belt PSRU. Also, they need to be in
an application where full power is rarely needed. After starring at
these harsh realities, most people choose between 2 stroke power or
Kohler reliability. Or for larger craft, a junkyard 4 cylinder car
engine.