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Re: Corvair Engines

Postby Lsaircraft » Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:23 pm

I love the corvair engine but I have always wondered why no one has drilled the heads for dual ignition, seems silly to me that you would go through all the work turning it into an aircraft engine but skip the last step.
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Re: Corvair Engines

Postby Son_of_X » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:56 pm

Uhhh...yea...think you need to do some reading here.

http://flycorvair.net/?s=ignition
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Re: Corvair Engines

Postby Sonex 772 » Fri Oct 03, 2014 11:16 am

Lsaircraft wrote:I love the corvair engine but I have always wondered why no one has drilled the heads for dual ignition, seems silly to me that you would go through all the work turning it into an aircraft engine but skip the last step.


I have a Corvair Engine in my Sonex and it does have Dual Ignition as do all the Corvair Engines that are converted to aircraft use, but it still uses the same spark plugs. In the Distributor there are two sets of points, one is the Crans Cams XR-I electronic ignition modual and a set of regular point, each on works independently of there other. If one fails then you have the back up of the second one.. If you have ever seen a Corvair Head you would see that there is not where to drill the head for a second set of plugs..

My engine purrs like a kitten and if you do very thing that is calls for in the manual that come with your engine or ask questions if you are not sure of what you are doing the Corvair Engine is just as reliable as any other engine on the market, plus my Sonex will keep up with any Jab 3300 for more than half the cost..

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Re: Corvair Engines

Postby daleandee » Fri Oct 03, 2014 6:02 pm

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Re: Corvair College - EAA Video

Postby daleandee » Thu Nov 06, 2014 1:42 am

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Re: Corvair Engines

Postby GordonTurner » Thu Nov 06, 2014 2:09 pm

Hi Dale

I was planning to attend, but work has left me on the west coast. Dang, would love to see your plane and meet you.

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Re: Corvair Engines

Postby MichaelFarley56 » Thu Nov 06, 2014 7:12 pm

That's a really cool video Dale! Thank you for sharing. Did you "graduate" the Corvair college yourself? I'm amazed you can actually take an old case, tear it down, rebuild it, and run it in a few days. I assume you have to have all needed new parts (bearings, cylinders, etc) ordered early and ready to go.

Great idea and it looks like an excellent time!
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Re: Corvair Engines

Postby fastj22 » Thu Nov 06, 2014 9:49 pm

I'm planning on attending the Texas college in February to build my engine for my Pietenpol. I already have the core. Just need guidance, and a decade of build time.

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Re: Corvair Engines

Postby daleandee » Thu Nov 06, 2014 11:55 pm

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Re: Corvair College

Postby daleandee » Sun Nov 16, 2014 1:22 am

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