It’s unlikely, but there may be a handful of parts loose on the market with 185X numbers on them as the licensing agreement required all new parts to be identified as 185X pieces, and a very few parts were made (no complete engines were built)., The Warner type certificate holder is John Duncan who does business as The Warner Engine Company. He also displays upright and inverted V-4s on his website. and Mexico. I realize importing from Europe wouldn’t make much sense in most cases, but, for completion’s sake: Germany’s Sauer Flugmotoren (http://www.sauer-flugmotorenbau.de) are offering VW conversions from 60hp up to 110hp in certified as well as uncertified versions. Robinson asks for 30 percent down when ordering, another 30 percent a month later, another 30 percent at the second month and the final 10 percent prior to shipment. Their salvage value is only in the engine, propeller, and maybe a few instruments or radios, so don’t be surprised to see relatively low-hour but calendar-old engines for sale. Superior offers a choice of Bendix-style mechanical fuel injection from Precision Airflow or traditional carburetion on all its engines., Superior was offering 382 and 400 cubic inch stroker versions (longer crankshaft throw) of its engine, but after some issues Superior recalled those engines in a buy-back program and is no longer offering strokers. A pending project is the turbocharged B25T variant. It will assemble engines using parts manufactured in Belgium. , Furthermore, along with the costly investment in forging dies, Pegasus is ready with relatively high volume parts runs by aviation standards—100 engines—to hopefully satisfy start-up demand. , Gearbox-equipped models turn higher engine rpm—as much as 4550 rpm—for increased power and slower prop rpm to support longer propellers. SEAREY ELITE LSA • $125,000 • ACCEPTING OFFERS • Searey Elite LSA • $125,000 • For Sale by Owner • 2014 Searey Elite with Rotax 914 Turbo 115HP Engine • 411 Total Engine Time • This is a certified Searey built by the factory •Hull No. Private owners have been gathering surprisingly large stashes for years, and Franklin is still buying major collections, often by the semi-truck load. Lycoming’s solution is a separate assembly shop in the corner of their factory offering all sorts of custom services and aftermarket parts; the resulting engines are sold under the Thunderbolt name and compete directly with the better aftermarket overhaul houses such as Aero Sport Power, Barrett Precision Engines, and Ly-Con Aircraft Engines. , As usual, when an M-14P goes in for overhaul, more often than not it goes from the base 360 hp to the 400 hp M-14PF upgrade as the price isn’t that much greater. Traditional six-cylinder aviation engines are more like $35,000 to $45,000. Thus, the flat (horizontally opposed) four-stroke engines are flocked together, followed by the inline and vee configurations, followed by the round-motor radials and rotaries, Wankels, Diesels (Jet A), and, because they are something unto themselves, Volkswagen derivatives. Aircraft finished in 1993. That’s pretty much the entire line of current Lycoming production save the eight-cylinder 720, which can still be had as a certified engine if you really need that much oomph. Absolutely perfect paint finish. The turnaround is 60 days and shipping $3300. There’s little wonder a “factory re-man” is considered new; not much more than the engine case, crankshaft, connecting rods, pushrods, rocker arms, some drive gears, and maybe some of the tin work (valve covers, pushrod tubes) is re-used. Its distributorships have been growing in the U.S., and there are now firewall-forward kits for the popular RV and RANS airframes from Kaolin Aviation if that’s your need. • $4,000 • FOR SALE • BK1 flier, partly built plane with plans, tools and parts, extensive list of everything with photos. , Sales of the TJ100 are through Sonex for the SubSonex or direct with PBS. Sold with 12 months rego. , Auto PSRU’s offers a few complete automobile conversion engines, but really they are fully involved in everything firewall forward for its customers as necessary. The same six-cylinder is rated at 182 hp at 2800 rpm should you be using a long prop. , Firewall Forward’s other mainstay is a husky Camdrive 500 PSRU for V-8 engines at $19,995. At the other extreme, Rotax is firmly in the Experimental aircraft market and therefore has no need for an in-house boutique or separately named engines. Viking says they have engines in the field with over 1000 total hours and that its product development program has a 100-hp version of the three-cylinder engine in the works for release at a later date. All Thunderbolts are assembled in the Advanced Technology Center, a dedicated shop inside Lycoming’s Williamsport, Pennsylvania facility where two-man teams concentrate on building one engine at a time. Actually, to that last statement, we must add the SubSonex has demonstrated sufficient fuel economy to make it a thrilling local flyer, and with generous prior planning can make the hajji to Air Venture from the west coast, too. This is a critical but often overlooked point: No one wants to build a ground-hugging dog, even if the goal is gas-sipping cross-country cruising or just a Saturday-morning pancake chaser. I should also name LOM Praha (http://www.pistovemotory.cz/en/), who are still offering a range of EASA-certified inline six- and four-cylinder engines from 120hp to 250hp. , Its bread-and-butter power plant is the R-2300 (2331cc, 142.2 cubic inches) at 82 hp using 3350 take-off rpm; the continuous rating is 2950 rpm. If you are a member of Recreational Aviation Australia tick the box above and login with your RAAus Members portal email username and password. , Perhaps unique in general aviation, Jabirus are fitted with RAMAIR air ducts at the factory. Both the alternator and ignition are integral to the engine, and both should be working as long as the engine is rotating. , Air conditioning is something of a surprise and delight feature of the Robinson conversions, which retain their automotive air conditioning hardware. The quality and capabilities of such outfits runs the gamut from superb to no way; which is which falls to the buyer to determine. PARTLY BUILT YOU FINISH. , Diesels or (Jet A engines) are by nature premium devices full of expensive parts, so their penetration into the amateur-built world by any manufacturer has been more promise than actuality. In the not-too-big, not-too-small radial category is Australian engine maker Rotec, which continues to supply the most round motors to the experimental market. This eliminates the previous need for spacers and adapters; the fundamentals of the gearbox and clutch are unchanged., An aerobatic qualified gearbox has been added, the SD550. These include a new four-bearing crankshaft, the unique ability in this market segment to support hydraulically controlled propellers, an eight-coil/eight-spark plug dual CDI ignition, dual 20-amp alternators and a simple, slide-type, floatless Rev-Flo carburetor. , Re-powering Seabee amphibians is where Robinson got its start converting Chevy LS engines, and having developed a successful combination, they’re sticking with it. , Given its bent for simplicity, the D-Motor is understandably not a real fire-breather. , Superior Air Parts comes to engine building from decades of building aftermarket replacement parts for popular engines, especially Lycomings. Three versions of the B25T are being considered, a 170-hp turbo-normalized, plus two 240-hp options, one turbo-supercharged and one turbo-hybrid. They have a new rotor housing cast and are now machining it, but truth is they are getting more calls on its marine Wankel applications than aviation units so progress is limited. , The very name Hirth is deeply associated with two-stroke engines, which the German company has specialized in for decades. , The 582 is available in direct-drive form, and with one of two gear-boxes. You simply check the $29,000 box on the kit maker’s website and wait for motor freight to arrive… That approach greatly simplifies sourcing such things as inlet ducts, exhaust systems, baffling and so on. Rotax offers several distributors and maintenance facilities in North America, with some of those, such as California Power Systems and Lockwood Aviation, offering various schools for interested homebuilders or maintenance pros. There are distributors, but they have no timing component as timing is fixed. , Let’s also note that after a rocky start several years ago, D-Motor has replaced its original North American distributor. I am looking to buy a JABIRU J230 ,, Preferably flying but Even without an engine or dud engine ... Good cross country aircraft. As always, American is ready to build its Wankel to order, which uses a Power-sport PSRU gearbox., While Auto PSRU’s continues to offer full support for the Mazda 13B engine as a kit, they say interest in Wankel engines has significantly fallen off across the full breadth of the alternative engine community. TBO 2000. Sure, it’s absolutely possible to build a well-performing airplane around other engines—such as those in this guide—but that’s best a job for the seasoned builder with a solid foundation in engine fundamentals. Also convenient are the engine mounting points; they are identical to Jabiru and ULPower engines, which aids finding a workable mount. today, mainly from new old stock, are experimental-only powerplants. The system runs anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour after engine shut down and is independent of the master switch. Therefore, Rotax is a larger engine maker than it might seem at first, with first-rate production facilities and engineering. So far that’s been Hatz biplanes, older Kitfoxes and a slew of WW-I replicas, both scale and full-size, as Verner continues to make in-roads on the U.S. Always serviced
, More to the high-tech side, D-Motor used Nikisil coated cylinders for corrosion resistance. dealers are available, and seem to be enjoying a growing interest in these engines for various retro-themed airframes. , ULPower engines are an interesting combination of traditional horizontally opposed, overhead valve, air-cooled, direct-drive layout and contemporary electronic engine management. Hartzell constant speed prop. , Continental simply builds a line of engines under the Titan brand name; these, too, may include aftermarket parts and specialized machining steps—porting, for example. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Suzuki is the source of the 1300 and 1500 engines; the others are non-Suzuki and cannot be revealed as part of the sourcing agreement. While we take considerable effort to insure accuracy and completeness, we appreciate any help in increasing the quality of our work. And then there is/was(?) This is not a reliability or safety issue, but some builders are only comfortable with a 100%, brand-new engine. , We also recommend spending some time with the company’s good online technical information as the fuel system is entirely reliant on electrical pumps—there is no mechanical fuel pump—so that is something to consider. , In the meantime, Continental has a surprising well-populated line of certified diesels as it seems to enjoy buying up diesel programs started by Thielert, Austro, and other European outfits. Kits are available as short- or long-blocks. They’re also well known to the airframe manufacturers, which is why they’re normally the go-to choice on the factory’s ships. , The other change was from the originally intended Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) crankshaft to a traditional forging. , Our own Turbofueher Paul Dye has been regaling us with tales of turbine derring-do so we’ll leave the many details of TJ100 ownership and operation to his many-part series on building and flying his own SubSonex jet, but suffice to say here the little whistle is no doubt the most bulletproof, reliable engine in this guide—and likely the most fuel thirsty as well. , Specializing in Japanese auto conversions, Viking has an affordable three-engine line-up based on current, multi-valve, computer-controlled engines from Honda and Mitsubishi. , Davis points out he can customize gear ratios to any need, plus easily fit his gearboxes to almost any engine with a custom adapter plate or housing. Fitted with Viking’s own gearbox (climb or cruise gear ratios can be ordered; it can also work in pusher applications) the combination weighs but 159 pounds and posts a particularly muscular low-end torque curve when augmented with the lower of the two gear sets. , The flathead advantages are a very much more compact engine, especially in width, along with a lesser parts count, reduced weight and cost. More practically Coy can also source a factory overhaul—now a fixed $21,500 if you have a core. By comparison, the 914 will save you about $7,000 in trade for carburetion and a maximum of 115 hp; the 914 has a TBO of 2000 hours compared to the 915’s 1200 hours, as well., If the all-singing, all-dancing 915 Rotax does offer some interesting performance capabilities to anyone interested in zipping along just a bit shy of the flight levels, it’s worth remembering even the entry-level 80-hp Rotax offers aviating for notably less than half the money and in a definitely less-stressed, should-last-forever package. Rust and corrosion have almost always turned such engines into core-value only items, so beware the temptation to install a 40-year-old engine with only 300 hours in the logbook in your new airplane. prop TTIS 140hrs Jabiru serviced hangered Bundaberg jumbo inst. The secret weapon behind SPA’s Corvairs is their association with William Wynne, the universally acclaimed guru of flying Corvair engines. , Corvair aviation engines are just part of the very busy operation involving Saberwing aircraft and Spyder Corvair conversion engines. Optional sumps are either Titan’s vertical or the Superior Air Parts cold air intake with a forward-facing throttle body inlet. Clean and meticulously built. Obviously, reliability is crucial to safety when talking about aircraft engines, so hopefully there’s no need to belabor that point. The engine kits are still available, and if a hot-rod engine is desired from a custom shop, they still are a viable starting point. The E box can handle roughly twice the inertial mass at the propeller as the B drive. Inside, they feature multiple AC Corporation parts such as valves, valve springs, pistons, connecting rods and even crankshafts. Unless you’re building a glider, it’s inevitable you’ll eventually need to decide which engine to put on your new build, or perhaps use to replace an existing powerplant. Today Lycoming continues to extend its reach by offering anything from dead stock grocery-getting certified mills to extreme performance thumpers for aerobatic and racing fans. The biggest issue they’ve reported recently is keeping up with demand. We hope this guide has been of help in understanding the engine market or selecting an engine for your project. A plug-and-and-play unit, the Aero-Graph displays what’s going on inside the AeroMomentum FADEC computer, plus oil pressure, temperature and fuel pressure. I guess it is just a matter of going with what you like. To provide slimmer packaging, Plumb has spent the last two years redesigning the oil sump and case to accommodate the intake runners. The world of the magazine fed semi-automatic shotgun has does nothing but grow in the last few years. , Hirth engines are distributed in the North America by Recreational Power Engineering in Ohio, and while their selection of engines starts at just 15-hp, we’re showing the 50-hp and up powerplants here. , If considering a PBS jet it’s good to know the company is a large, well-established firm with many products in diversified fields. A good example is crankshaft manufacturing. You would be absolutely correct. It’s worth noting, however, that Rotax engines do best on unleaded mogas because the lead in 100LL eventually accumulates as sludge in the gearbox. It’s best to have a thorough understanding of which wire typically goes where in electrical systems before attempting to install such e-motivation in your home-built. 100 HP Rotax engine, 100 knot cruise speed, ballistic parachute system, 2- 60 litre fuel tanks, VHF radio 2 head sets, 3 blade prop, Garmin GPS, dual controls, LAME maintained. Andy Higgs is the personality powering AC Corporation, where performance is the word and clean-sheet designs are the order of the day. A cascade of advantages follow, including cleaner oil, increased piston cooling, better fuel economy and so on. Like other European engines, pricing in 2019 has been stable or even slightly lower thanks to a strong dollar, but pricing will change with the euro/dollar relationship., Last year we reported The Big C had started construction of a new headquarters and manufacturing facility in Alabama, very close to its heritage site in Mobile. Interestingly, they say the majority of its activity is in two-cylinder engines these days, so the super light market is apparently robust. The kit pricing used to make this a viable way for a buyer with no core engine to arrive at an essentially new, assembled engine. Also stock is Continental’s nickel-carbide cylinder treatment (NiC3) for better durability and corrosion resistance. The B gearbox (“drive” in Rotax speak) is suitable for smaller diameter, lighter three-blade propellers while the E gearbox is larger and includes an electric starter at its bottom. CHL holders preferred, but not a deal breaker. $59,000 + gst
Moose Mods specializes in compete firewall-forward kits using the Camdrive 500 PSRU for the Murphy Moose, with up to 530 hp available at $45,000 plus prop and governor. , For its popular 130-hp engine, Viking starts with the Honda Fit four-cylinder power plant. Because the Auto PSRU’s 13B kit was finalized some years ago, it’s no problem for Auto PSRU’s to continue to keep the option in its catalog; all that’s needed are customers. This can be a meaningful amount of time with some of the overseas makers, so if you’re considering something such as a Jabiru or Rotec radial, definitely call ahead well in advance. Electric trim, electric pitch, electric roll, electric flaps. If you’re not that guy, almost all such shops will assemble the engine for you for a fee, so keep that in mind when comparing prices. ), unique cylinder heads with down-facing exhaust ports and dual spark plugs, fittings for standard aviation CHT sensors, hydraulic lifters, built-in alternator, and increased oil capacity. , And where are all the engines going? Both four- and six-cylinder engines are possible, and all are not to be confused with other “clone” type replacement Lycoming engines. Send all comments to editorial@kitplanes.com, and in the meantime, enjoy this age of powered flight. The four-cylinder version is rated at 92 hp; the six-cylinder variant yields 125 hp/121 hp continuous, also at 3000 rpm for maximum power, so smaller diameter propellers are a must on these direct-drive engines. If you’re considering a Rotax then—in round numbers— 100 hp is about $19,000 carbureted and $22,000 when fuel injected; moving to the turbocharged Rotax powerplants means nearly $31,000 carbureted and $37,000 fuel injected. What you need to more carefully consider in the rebuild engine world are low-cost field “overhauls” where the shop simply brings tolerances back to the published wear limits, or quick-and-dirty “top overhauls” where the crankcase is never opened, just new or rebuilt cylinders are fitted to it. All are dry sumped and employ hydraulic valve lifters; carburetor or electronic fuel injection are offered depending on the model. Kitplanes.com and the Kitplanes logo are protected properties under international copyright law. 250 hrs. 1000 hour overhaul completed by the factory Brand n... Facebook 1650 total views, 0 today And for those seeking the ultimate authentic WW-I experience, New Zealand based Classic Aero Machining has been developing a brand new Gnome monosoupape engine for several of years. That gets you the three-ring piston upgrade and Savarese ignition, along with overhauled air compressor, carburetor and oil pump, test stand run-in, all work being done in Romania. , Built in the Czech Republic by a small company that’s been in the airplane engine business since 1993, the Verner radials we’re detailing here use the same two-valve, 3.62 x 4.02-inch cylinder, but fit five, seven, or nine of them as power needs rise. Fuel is supplied as soon as the ignition … Performance modifications or showy presentations can add $10,000. William does business at Fly Corvair where there is a wealth of information, but his expertise is mainly made material at SPA. With rpm limited to just 3000 revolutions, engine breathing is less demanding than in higher speed engines, so the flathead layout—where the valves are sequestered in the engine block (case)—doesn’t pose as much breathing restriction as we might first think. , Another Corvair engine and airframe combination is Sport Performance Aviation—SPA—that combines their take on the Corvair with their Panther single-seat sport plane and it’s coming soon two-place Cougar big brother. Parma Technik in the Czech Republic (https://www.parmatechnik.cz/nove-motory/) are still building the old Walter Mikron III direct-drive, hanging four cylinder inline engines with 82hp. Then there are simply used engines. The smaller engine is most often paired with a fixed-pitch 76-inch-diameter prop while the R3600, which was later to market but seems to have picked up sales steam lately, can swing 90-inch blades. Garmin equipped with autopilot. , It’s a big chunk of change, for sure, but powering your airplane is not the place to cut corners. But since they’re certified engines, Continental has no interest in selling them to homebuilders, though they can be purchased indirectly through non-factory outlets. They don’t know why, as the Wankel remains available and still a power-to-weight champion, but they’ve seen little interest in the rotary lately. Obviously, the farther you get from the mainstream engine choices the greater the chance you’ll have to wait for the engine to be built. , A new initiative is water-cooled cylinders for Lycoming engines. , The naturally-aspirated 100-hp has been on sale and is built from reconditioned GM parts reinforced by a steel front hub on the crankshaft, added front main bearing, nitriding, a 30-amp rear-mounted alternator and plenty of new service parts. Such engines receive new logbooks and are considered new in all respects. A timer starts and stops the electrically-motivated system, making it transparent to the pilot. , There are two AeroVee engine kits, the 80-hp, 2.1-liter naturally aspirated engine along with a turbo version rated at 100 hp. Built from a Factory Kit by the Importer this two place aircraft looks and flies like new, Fitted with 503 Rotax electric start engine and only 13 hours TT.
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