Yes, Rick, a lot of those were used. My only association with those was to
overhaul one for a college classmate of my son. After we finished with it,
including having a hole welded closed in the magnesium case, she drove it to
her new job in California.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Beckrich" <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: An Unusual Airplane
> Jeez...
>
> I seem to recall the old VW flat four air-cooled being the king of the
> homebuilts.
>
> Maybe because I misspent the early 60s working for VW?
>
> Rick, with an air-cooled brain.
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Jim Nichols
> <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Steve Wittman used the small aluminum V8 from 1961-era Olds F85s to power
>> homebuilts. This got a few others into trying the same thing. I haven't
>> seen anything else since that time.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce@xxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 9:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: An Unusual Airplane
>>
>>
>> > Don't know. There was an earlier mention of the AC being equipped with
>> > a
>> > liquid cooled engine, but I'm not aware of any current ones out there.
>> OK,
>> > where were some guys trying to convert car motors to aircraft use, but
>> > that
>> > was really for homebuilders.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Chris Barker
>> > Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 1:12 PM
>> > To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> > Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: An Unusual Airplane
>> >
>> > I give up, Bill. Who makes a water-cooled ac engine? :-)
>> >
>> > All the old fighter engines were liquid-cooled weren't they?
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> > On 20 Nov 2011, at 18:02, Bill Pearce wrote:
>> >
>> >> Who currently makes a water cooled AC engine?
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Chris Barker
>> >> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 10:11 AM
>> >> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> >> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: An Unusual Airplane
>> >>
>> >> Ken
>> >>
>> >> As I wrote my post I wondered about that, the G tolerances required
>> >> for
>> >> darting about fields.
>> >>
>> >> Yes, I can see that C of G is a major consideration, but you would
>> >> have
>> >> thought that a tank forward of the wings would be a problem in that
>> >> respect.
>> >>
>> >> But I am sure that someone has thought it all through, a long time ago
>> >> :-)
>> >
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