The death of the A-65?

Barnyard BOb - wrote:

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Yada, yada, yada.
The blind still leading the blind, I see.

Please DO get busy doing SOMETHING....
besides blowing smoke up starry-eyed
auto-conversion tailpipe droolers.


Unka' BOb - 9000 reliable Lycosaurus hours

How many reliable hours on those other lawn tractors around the
barnyard?

Barnyard-where Lycomings belong.

Cy Galley wrote:


http://mdlaurent.free.fr

After you get the A-65 starter only rear case, you need the special
conical mag gears made of unotainium.

If you see the photos, you can see automotive parts, cast aluminium alloy
parts and a "non intrusive" modification.

cast parts are bolts on A-65 case

Starter and alternator are bolts on cast parts.

The whole system looks like Lycoming system.

French and UK administration deliver an STC for many planes and all engines
from Continental A65 to O200 and Rolls Royce O240.


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Pub: http://www.slowfood.fr/france
Philippe Vessaire Ò¿Ó¬

On 14 Nov 2005 14:50:56 -0800, "Richard Lamb"
wrote:

Not to be unkind, Jim, but I believe that if auto engines were
run at the same continuous high power settings as aircraft
engines you'd see a lot more of the same kind of failures
as aircraft engines have had.

Richard, take a read of my auto manufacturers engine test post in the
LS2 thread.

Corky Scott

Very interesting, Philippe, but it makes one wonder if the front of the
65-series case is strong enough to hang all those acessories on the
aluminum parting flanges, with their AN4 fasteners.

Thanks for the link.

On 14 Nov 2005 11:21:52 -0800, wrote:

By the way, how did your [Soob] installation go? Any stories to share?

It was a major headache.
Not simple at all.

Further, the engine had
to be cruised around 4700 RPM while redline was 5600, so cruise speed
suffered. The engine life would be low indeed if it was cruised close
to redline as we do with Lycs (Redline 2700, say, for an O-320, with
cruise at 2500 or so). Temperatures and fuel burn weren't good at high
RPMs.

I maintain full-time six Lycs, From O-235 to O-540, in a
flight-training operation (just about the worst environment for an
engine) and we have VERY few problems.

Dan
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TAKE HEED, MORGANS!

P.S.
Ditto for the rest of your "ilk", too. :-)


Unka' BOb - ove half a century behind Lycoming and auto engines.

"Barnyard BOb -" wrote

TAKE HEED, MORGANS!

P.S.
Ditto for the rest of your "ilk", too. :-)

One thing I can say about you, is that you are consistent. A pain in the
arse! g
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Jim in NC

P.S. I think Soobs are run way too hard, and at too high of RPM and HP to
be a good conversion, most of the time. Chevy, forever!
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Jim in NC