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Old January 19th 06, 08:12 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
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Default Corvair conversion engines - cracked crank link

Morgans wrote:

"Cal Vanize" wrote

Good points all.

The point that stood out most for me was the part about the crank from
the engine that William built for his own demo 601. From the article:
"This engine represents a standard installation, albeit one that was
flown at its limits by Gus"... "showed stress fractures on both sides
of the area in question." at 200 hours. "no nitride"


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Yes, that paragraph does seem to run contrary to the rest of the _long_
website's information. So what gives, others in the know?


My read was that he was updating his policy based on new data. He even
mentioned one of his customers reminding him of a sentence in his
conversion manual saying something like "I reserve the right to get
smarter."