| Builders name and City |
Engine / Propeller Type |
Application |
Comments,
Features and website |
Brad Glasco
Ridgecrest, CA |
Unknown (2 '61 Corvairs on blocks)
direct drive TBD |
KR2s |
KR2S started, mods planned. Corvair with delta or OT10
cam considering SDSEFI and perhaps a turbo. |
Brian Caithcart
Saskatoon, Sask.
Canada |
110 HP, direct drive
Probably ground adjustable. |
Zodiac
CH 601 HD
Scratch building (started Aug/01) |
Building as tail dragger. Ribs, bulkheads, rear spars, ailerons, & longerons made. Have cowl, leading edge fuel tanks, rudder pedals and brakes.
Working on main spars, and cutting out and forming small pieces. I am making a kit before I start assembly.
Just ordered William's book. |
Carson Cassidy
Calgary, Alberta |
110 HP, direct drive, no prop yet |
KR2s 90% completed |
NEW forged pistons, cylinders, OT10
cam, valves, no carb yet. |
|
Charlie Johnson aka
OneSkyDog
Ogden, UT |
Bob's
"Medium" Boy 2900
under construction |
Flying
Dragonfly Mk II |
Crank polished, full SC
Performance job, balanced, aluminum pushrod tubes, snap ring,
Replacement for 1835cc VW |
|
Chris Adkins
Ashland, Kentucky |
110 HP direct drive |
W.A.R. 50% replica F4U-Corsair
retractable gear |
Engine underway, following
Pat and William
in most things i.e.. Motor mount, OT-10
cam, TRW forged pistons, William's prop hub/hybrid studs. |
|
Chris
McAtee
Casper, WY |
110 HP direct drive
|
Tri-Q200
(in progress)
|
Overbore 110, rear starter and alternator, undecided cam
(Delta or OT-10), and
carbureted (possibly an Aerocarb?) |
|
Darren Barnfield Hastings Victoria Australia |
110 HP direct drive
Warp Drive 60" 3 blade
|
Evans VP-2
|
Engine is stripped down. Mount to be designed. Cylinder muffs machined from 6061 billets. Will not happen over night but one day
soon. Also, Pat and William, thanks for all your help |
Desert Eagle
aka
James Genzling
Lakewood, NM |
2 Ea. 145's, 6 in
standby | FI-156
Storch, 60% |
Custom modified heads with custom
intakes. Marvel Schebler AC Carb. 1-1/4" Custom Exhaust, Target HP is 130,
Currently engine is at 40% Am currently looking at building a 1.5 or 1.7 reduction unit. |
| Florin L.
Pintea |
110 HP direct drive | KR2S
in the boat stage |
.030 over bore,
OT10 cam, CIS
fuel injection, custom built intake and headers, rear starter and alternator.
The engine is all cleaned and I am
working on detailing the castings and building the custom intake plenum and runners. |
| Glen
David
Plainfield, IN
|
110 HP direct
drive, hand prop with a dynamo alternator and a aero carb | Sonerai
2L |
If all
goes as planned I should make OSH this year 2002. Click
this link for a photo. |
| James
Muldoon
Sandwich, MA |
110 HP direct drive | Thorp
T211
| Have the
WW manual, reworked
crank, studs, safety shaft, and have just ordered a hub from WW. |
| Jim
Boyer
Santa Rosa, CA |
110 HP direct drive | Pietenpol
Aircamper
Long fuselage
| Have Piet fuselage, ribs, and tail surfaces done. Working on all the steel
parts now. Have new pistons, rods, rings, bearings, and crank for engine. Need prop hub and to machine it for spiral lock ring. |
| Jim
Byrne
Chatsworth, CA |
180 HP apart& clean looking for 95 or 110 HP engine | Pietenpol
| I am building a Pietenpol With Corvair power
Have ribs complete & starting on tail next. |
| Jim Fleming Charleston, SC |
YN 1964 Corvair
110 HP 68 Warp Drive Prop
| Evans
VP-2
| Website: Palmetto Fun
Flyers http://www.cofc.edu/~flemingj/puff.htm
85% complete on aircraft, picked up nice Stromberg updraft NA-S3A1 carb. Dream engine will have
new 0T-10
cam,, electronic ignition, rear starter, big 12+ spinner, paint job of a WWI Morane Bullet. |
| Jim
Holdeman
Mendota, Illinois |
| VP-2 | I have found a complete 66 turbo Corsa coupe. After mentioning that on the list and
receiving some feed back, I am going to
work on securing the car and trading it for a more suitable Corvair engine for my airplane |
| John Martindale
Coffs Harbour,
Australia |
110 HP direct drive
Mick Dye 57" dia 60" pitch Queensland Maple | KR2 | Hope to fly Easter 2002
Website: Pictures at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/jmartindale/ |
| Joseph H.
Horton
Coopersburg, Pa. |
110
HP RH
3100cc 45% | KR2S | Engine assembled, Heads and valves as well as big boy conversion by S.C.
Performance. 0T-10
cam,, High volume oil pump, SC's new 11/4" st. stl exhaust
tubes, working on mounting rear starter and JD alt. as per Mark Langford,
William's prop hub and safety
shaft, Stromberg
carb waiting for rebuild |
Joseph Mufdi
Cheyenne, Wyoming. |
110 HP RD using stock cylinders | Zenair CH 601 HD
(not yet begun) | Engine disassembled, crank going to the shop next week. No fan, Elec. start, small
alternator, 0T-10
cam, roller rockers, TRW pistons. No carb yet. Following
Wynne's
and Langfords's manuals. Hope to test in mid summer 2001. |
| Kevin L. Rupert
Lewistown, PA. |
1967 RD 110 Hp
Direct Drive
Carve my own 3 Bladed Prop using the Bates Prop optimizer | Vision
EX
Serial # 73
Completion Level 2 (boat stage)
| Delta
319 Cam
.060 over bore TRW Pistons Engine cleaned up and lying in exploded view as I purchase new parts.
Using OSD snap ring. Have William's
manual. Turning my hub and building mount from the drawings supplied |
| Kirk Huizenga
St Paul, MN |
'61 84hp | Pietenpol
Aircamper
| Rebuild project, converting to
blowerless, hand prop with OT-10
cam. |
| Morgan
Williams
Midland Ontario, Canada |
| Custom Flight Ltd.
Bright Star | We manufacture the North Star line of homebuilt aircraft kits.
We are building the Bright Star and as soon as William
Wynne's book arrives we will get to work on the engine. |
Murray Green
Rosetown, Sask Canada |
| RagWing RW
20 | My engine will be completely redone with an
OT-10 cam, .030
cyl. etc.
This engine looks like a winner. |
Norm Decou
Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
Direct drive
110hpCorvair
No Prop Yet | Pietenpol
Aircamper
| Pietenpol Aircamper
Currently dismantling and cleaning. There are still a few cylinders that refuse to come out of the heads. I am also looking for
another core. The current core has turbo heads and is missing all accessory parts. |
Rod Kelso
Denver & Montrose, Colorado |
110 HP direct drive
and
Bob's Big Boy
3100 | Under
construction, KR1- 110hp KR2, and a KR2
derivative
KR2 don't know yet but probably a 3100cc
| 50% done on construction
KR2 derivative will for sure have a Big Boy Vair. 35% done on construction
|
Ted
Forringer
Longview TX |
110 HP
RH direct drive
| Tandem Wing Canard based loosely on the
Dragonfly.
| I have two engine cores and have started disassembly, but work on the engine will not start in earnest until I have the
airframe closer to completion.
|
Terry
Bailey
Georgia |
110 HP 2 blade warp drive. |
Dragonfly Mk II
| .030 over,
Custom oil pan
stainless steel exhaust, rear drive starter / alternator. OT-10 Cam
|
Wayne Grimes
St John's NF Canada |
1964 164cu Direct
Drive, Plan on Carbon fiber 3 blade prop |
3/4 Scale Tiger Moth, converted from
Baby Great Lakes
|
William
Wynne's Direct drive, electric start with OT-10 Cam |
Thurman Longcrier
Florence, AL |
RH core, RD short block, and an earlier 102 hp core. |
KR2
|
Planning RH...modified to 3100 cc... for 25% built KR 2, tri gear. I also have a completed and flying KR 2 with a VW 1700, type 4 engine that I may replace with a Corvair. I also have a completed and flying KR 1 with an 1835 cc VW Type
1... candidate for a Corvair? |
Wayne
Burtney AKA
Diagnostic
Acton Ontario Canada |
Bob's Big Boy
3100 |
R120 Bushcaddy kit
|
Will be using TRW forged pistons CHROME rings
Reverse Rotation, OT-10
cam, Front Thrust Bearing, Crank and Prop Hub Extension. |
William
Wynne
Port Orange, FL |
110 HP 2 blade warp drive.
3100 turbo |
Pietenpol
Vision |
Well over
750 hours now in the Pietenpol, on a "stock" 110
conversion. Production has begun on a Vision. Engine being
built for it has all of Bob Sutcliffe's best stuff. http://www.flycorvair.com/ |
