Since Revmaster was mentioned, I thought I'd mention my recent experience with them. Joe Horvath and his wife Roberta have been very helpful to me as I rebuilt a R2100D I had acquired. So much so, that I decided to pay them a visit over the holidays while I was in the Hesperia area.
Joe showed me the various flavors of the R3000 under development - wet sump/dry sump, geared/direct drive, water/air cooled, and single/dual cam. Normally aspirated, the engine is 110 hp but Joe has a turbo'd version of the engine that he ran in a VW that turned 150 mph in quarter mile and develops 500+ hp. I'm not technical guy but the R3000 really seems to be a versatile engine that is the product of Joe's deep technical knowledge, vast expertise, and solid engine design. He's still considering the best way to take it to market (i.e. as a kit, as part of a plane package, etc) but from my perspective, it's going to interesting to follow its development. Scott Bailey -----Original Message----- From: The Ainsworths [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 1:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: KR> R3000 Revmaster Aviation is experimenting with a new R3000 100hp engine and hope to have it ready for full production in 2006 @ $10000. By the time some of you/us are finished your KR building (and sanding) you might be ready to go this route. The engine is in testing (running) stage now with mostly all newly designed parts and the old VW bugaboos taken care of. This pricing seems to me to fit in between a good Corvair and Jab with the 0-200 (new) far away. Something to ponder (Contact magazine #80 by John Moyle)
