If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
VW in Fly Baby, Piet, et al
On Sep 25, 9:31*am, " wrote:
To All: In a recent thread about VW powered wooden airplanes, reference was made to wooden airplanes that can NOT be powered by a converted Volkswagen, leaving a false impression -- and getting me lotsa mail :-) The VW has been used to power a modified 'Sky Scout' (sp?), Bernard Pietenpol's single-place, Model T powered design. *(The plane is in New Zealand and can be found by a serious Googler.) This has caused some to think the VW could be used to power the two-place Pietenpol. It won't. *And the Fly Baby has been powered by the Lycoming O-145 (although not very well). *Since a full-blown VW can run to 140cid, some people think the VW would be suitable for a Fly Baby. *It isn't. Regardless of its displacement the Volkswagen engine is thermally limited. *While you can get it to produce a dyno blip of a hundred horsepower or more, its maximum SUSTAINABLE output is between 35 and 45 horsepower, as determined by the fin area of its heads and the local atmosphere. I know that's going to make a lot of folks unhappy. *And a lot more will continue to insist that cubes are the only thing that matters. Sorry, Charlie. *What matters is physics, thermodynamics and engineering. *But don't let that stop you. *If you think you can power a Fly Baby with a VW there's nothing to prevent you from doing so. *Of course, you may want to ask yourself why it hasn't already been done :-) -R.S.Hoover If Veeduber hasn't convinced you, try reading this: http://users.aol.com/bpanews/3questions.html That Sky Scout he mentioned must be buried pretty deep, I couldn't find in in a few minutes of looking, and I considered myself a pretty sharp Google wrangler until this moment. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
baby | baby | Piloting | 0 | September 2nd 08 04:33 PM |
Baby Bug | Maple1 | Aviation Photos | 2 | August 2nd 07 07:15 PM |
Baby Ace | W P Dixon | Home Built | 13 | August 2nd 05 12:17 PM |
Baby Ace | W8IRQ | Home Built | 3 | September 4th 03 06:09 AM |
Baby Ace | W8IRQ | Home Built | 0 | August 30th 03 10:07 PM |