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dave.thompson(at)verizon.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:19 pm Post subject: Would you purchase a running Corvair flight engine?

If you do not like the Corvair as a flight engine, Please skip this message  

   

Guys,  

   

Last week I offered my Corvair engine core for sale. Since then, several people have suggested that even though I am not building an airframe, that I should still build the engine. If I do build the engine, I would also build a running stand on a small trailer so I could test it. Most likely, I would build an entire Firewall Forward package minus the cowling.   

   

IF you were considering Corvair power:   

   

Would you want to build it yourself?   

   

Would you consider purchasing a running engine on a stand with a log book and assembly pictures? If not, why?  

   

I don’t expect to make a profit on a running engine; I would just build it for the experience. Does that scare you? Why?  

   

   

To the guys that have responded to the engine sale:  

   

I intend to wait until William Wynne comes back from vacation before I publish a price if I sell. I asked him for a timeline for the back ordered parts that I have paid for. (I told him to service the guys that are closer to flying before me.) I want to have all the parts on-hand before I sell. Wouldn’t you want to get all your parts if you purchased my engine? I’ll write all you guys off list as things progress.  

   

   

Dave Thompson  

dave.thompson(at)verizon.net (dave.thompson(at)verizon.net)  

Westminster, CA  

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raymondj(at)frontiernet.n
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:36 pm Post subject: Would you purchase a running Corvair flight engine?

Greetings Dave, 

  

     I would not buy a running engine. 

  

        0 1.  No practical amount of0 documentation can show ALL the steps where an error could be0 made.

  

        0 2. I know nothing of your mechanical0 ability.

  

        0 3. I know nothing of your integrity. 0 This brings #1 in to question.  There is also a financial motive to show0 your engine in it's best light.

  

     I don't mean to sound harsh, but these are the realities of0 MY decision making process when it comes to betting the airframe (among other0 things) on an engine.

  

 Raymond Julian

 Kettle0 River, MN.

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NYTerminat(at)aol.com
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: Would you purchase a running Corvair flight engine?

Ditto!!!!!

  

 Bob Spudis

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[/quote]  In a message dated 8/8/2006 2:37:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,0 raymondj(at)frontiernet.net writes:

     

[/quote]

  

 Greetings Dave,

  

        I0would not0   buy a running engine. 

    

          0   1.  No practical amount of0   documentation can show ALL the steps where an error could be0   made.

    

          0   2. I know nothing of your mechanical0   ability.

    

          0   3. I know nothing of your0   integrity.  This brings #1 in to question.  There is also a0   financial motive to show your engine in it's best0   light.

    

       I don't mean to sound harsh, but these are the realities0   of MY decision making process when it comes to betting the airframe (among0   other things) on an engine.

    

   Raymond Julian

   Kettle River, MN.

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