 |
Matronics Email Lists
Web Forum Interface to the Matronics Email Lists
|
| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Dick Maddux
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Posts: 516
Location: Milton, Fl
|
 Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 4:05 am Post subject: UL engine |
 |
|
My first choice for an engine if I was building would be the Rotec as I love round engines but my second would be the UL. This is the second year at Lakeland that I have looked at this engine and it is now installed in more and more aircraft. This year it was in a Zenith 601 on display.
I don't have all the specs with me as I am still in my mountain cabin in NC and the info is at home in hot FL. As I recall it is an air cooled direct drive engine,fuel injected,Fadec, produces 100 hp and weighs the same(within a few pounds) of the Rotex. The price is about the same or a little less. It is mfg in Belgium.
I talked with the engineer about this engine and I am very impressed ! It is a modern air cooled engine with electronic ignition that has adopted all the good features we want without the complexity or numerous parts of the Rotax engine system (also no carbs or distributors like the Jab)
Has anyone else thought about this engine ? Hopefully this will bring up some discussion and improve the input on the list. Lowell as, you said, it has been dead recently.
Dick Maddux
Rotax 912
Milton,Fl
An Excellent Credit Score is650/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=MayExcfooter51509NO62>See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps!
[quote][b]
| | - The Matronics Kitfox-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Fox5flyer
Guest
|
| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 5:41 am Post subject: UL engine |
|
|
Someone on this list with a red Kitfox IV was flying his Rotec round engine a couple years ago, but never heard about how things went. Does anybody know?
Deke Morisse
Mikado Michigan
S5/Subaru/CAP 409+ TT
"The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress."
- Joseph Joubert
[quote] ---
| | - The Matronics Kitfox-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tom Jones
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
Posts: 752
Location: Ellensburg, WA
|
| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 6:32 am Post subject: Re: UL engine |
|
|
| Quote: | Someone on this list with a red Kitfox IV was flying his Rotec round engine a couple years ago, but never heard about how things went. Does anybody know?
Deke Morisse |
Some pictures
http://www.teamkitfox.com/Forums/album.php?albumid=50
| | - The Matronics Kitfox-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List |
|
_________________
Tom Jones
Classic IV
503 Rotax, 72 inch Two blade Warp
Ellensburg, WA |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
clint_bazzill(at)hotmail.
Guest
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Lynn Matteson
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan
|
| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 8:25 am Post subject: UL engine |
|
|
Maybe.....if it's who I'm thinking of, he was "Kitfox of the Month"
on the other Kitfox group (http://teamkitfox.com/Forums/
showthread.php?t=386)....one I seldom visit (loyalty and all that). I
had met him (Joe Meyeres) at Oshkosh in 2007, and he was undergoing
the engine installation then.
This may not be the same guy, Deke.
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 651.4 hrs
Sensenich 62x46 Wood prop
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
Status: flying
do not archive
On May 15, 2009, at 9:37 AM, fox5flyer wrote:
[quote] Someone on this list with a red Kitfox IV was flying his Rotec
round engine a couple years ago, but never heard about how things
went. Does anybody know?
Deke Morisse
Mikado Michigan
S5/Subaru/CAP 409+ TT
"The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but
progress."
- Joseph Joubert
---
| | - The Matronics Kitfox-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List |
|
_________________
Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Lynn Matteson
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan
|
| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 8:41 am Post subject: UL engine |
|
|
I looked into the engine, but the price put me off, as did the report
that a UL-equipped Sonex/Waiex had crash-landed (don't know how bad,
but the pilot/builder was talking on the Sonex/Waiex group later),
and the pilot would not talk about why the plane quit because of the
on-going investigation by the feds.
Of course, all engines can quit, can't they Lowell, Lynn (who's
THAT?) and others?
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 651.4 hrs
Sensenich 62x46 Wood prop
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
Status: flying
do not archive
On May 15, 2009, at 8:04 AM, Catz631(at)aol.com wrote:
| Quote: | My first choice for an engine if I was building would be the Rotec
as I love round engines but my second would be the UL. This is the
second year at Lakeland that I have looked at this engine and it is
now installed in more and more aircraft. This year it was in a
Zenith 601 on display.
I don't have all the specs with me as I am still in my mountain
cabin in NC and the info is at home in hot FL. As I recall it is an
air cooled direct drive engine,fuel injected,Fadec, produces 100 hp
and weighs the same(within a few pounds) of the Rotex. The price is
about the same or a little less. It is mfg in Belgium.
I talked with the engineer about this engine and I am very
impressed ! It is a modern air cooled engine with electronic
ignition that has adopted all the good features we want without the
complexity or numerous parts of the Rotax engine system (also no
carbs or distributors like the Jab)
Has anyone else thought about this engine ? Hopefully this will
bring up some discussion and improve the input on the list. Lowell
as, you said, it has been dead recently.
Dick Maddux
Rotax 912
Milton,Fl
An Excellent Credit Score is650/aol?redir=http://
www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%
26bcd=MayExcfooter51509NO62>See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps!
www.matronics.com/contribution _-
============================================================
|
| | - The Matronics Kitfox-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List |
|
_________________
Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
rawheels
Joined: 09 Jul 2008
Posts: 89
Location: Westfield, IN
|
| Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 9:00 am Post subject: Re: UL engine |
|
|
Well, it certainly looks interesting (http://www.ulpower.com/). The US Distributor is listing at $16,250. (http://www.flywithgus.net/html/ul_engine.html)
| | - The Matronics Kitfox-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List |
|
_________________
Kitfox IV-1200
Indianapolis, IN |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
|
Get Email Distribution Too!
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
