My thoughts were to make my turtle deck removable and putting the fuel tank under there. I am using wing tanks and they would be pumping fuel to it. Would I need to do much, if any, reinforcing to the firewall to handle the extra weight?
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 12:31 PM Subject: Re: KR> Corvair Engine Question > Steve Henderson wrote: > >> I have a nearly completed KR-1 that I have been working on for over a >> year and a used VW 1835 that needs to be completely gone through. I went >> to one of William Wynn's seminars and was sold on the corvair engine. At >> the time I just figured that I would use a corvair engine when I started >> on my KR2S project after I complete my current project. Now that I am >> getting ready to start on the engine for my KR-1, I am wanting to use a >> corvair instead of using the VW engine. I know that this will affect my >> CG >> some, but I am asking for ideas, comments, or thoughts on hanging a >> corvair on the front of a KR-1. I am also wondering if anyone else has >> ever tried to put a corvair engine on a KR-1 or is in the process of >> doing >> so. < > > William Wynne has a KR-1 that he's putting a Corvair on, and he may be > finished with it already, knowing that crew. I'd expect to move the > battery > to the very tail, and then add some lead on top of that, but climb rate > and > top speed should be breathtaking, to say the least. Maybe moving the fuel > tank from the front to the back of the seat would fix you up pefectly > though. > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
