As one who has been "around" KRs for quite some time, I'll chime in with a couple cents worth. I'll not address issues brought up by Mark and Steve as they are both very well educated in various KR powerplants. I will however extend my impressions. I am yet to see a Subaru achieve the advertised performance in a KR. The weight penalty is just too much to overcome, the issues of complexity aside. A light KR with an 1835 outflew a Subaru and it's imfamous, "Low speed, High pass". It wouldn't be fair to toe the line against a Corvair. Kinda like bringing a knife to a gun fight.
Flame on, it's just my impressions. Dana Overall 1999 & 2000 National KR Gathering host Richmond, KY RV-7 slider/fuselage http://rvflying.tripod.com do not archive _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
