No. That was when I had the Zenith carb that was going overly rich in
the mid range and fouling plugs. Happened while doing touch and gos
when on downwind.
Original Message
Subject: Re: KR> Corvair vs VW
From: "Mark Langford"
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org
Date: Tue, January 14, 2014 8:22 pm
To: "KRnet"
Brian Kraut wrote:
>I can confirm that a KR with one person and a 2180 VW will climb on two
> cylinders, but the pucker factor is much greater than loosing two on a
> Vair for sure.
That sounds like the one that ended up in a tree!
I've done a fair bit of flight testing in N56ML, and one of those was
minimum speed to stay aloft. That is usually around 2000 rpm, at my
usual
1000 pounds or so average flight weight (full fuel). Desktop Dyno says
my
engine should be producing about 65 horsepower at that rpm.
I'll be testing N891JF soon enough, and the MGL iEFIS has a horsepower
readout function on it, so it'll be interesting to see what minimum
flight
speed is on it, given the lighter weight. I could even check it again
Desktop Dyno predictions for correlation, come to think of it. More
testing
fun!
One thing I will give VWs is that their intake ports are more isolated
to a
single cylinder at the head (assuming dual ports), so effects of an open
valve on a cylinder are likely not as detrimental as on a Corvair where
three cylinders share a common manifold...
Mark Langford
ML at N56ML.com
website at http://www.N56ML.com
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