"Id be on edge running a little Honda engine at 4000-5000 RPM for the duration of an entire flight."
Me too. I saw with a hangar neighbor who built a Europa with the supercharged Suburu Eggenfeller reduction drive. He was an retired Area 51 engineer. Did meticulous work. Had a forced landing within his first few hours due to the engine swallowing something. His forced landing was on a freeway and was completely successful, didn't hit anything. The worst result was having to get rid of all the custom plumbing he'd designed to support the overstressed engine and putting in what the plane was designed for, a Rotax. That plane is currently flying up in Apple Valley and the pilot does videos of his flights on YouTube. The engineer went to Lake of the Ozarks and gave up the flying game. He was in his 80's. Sold the plane for a song, compared to the fortune had had spent on it over the 13 years that he had built it. That's life, eh? I no longer think this Viking engine is interesting. I'd never heard of them but learned today they use the Eggenfeller re-drives which don't quite have a stellar reputation. I don't like re-drives at all, for that matter, and is one reason I don't like Rotax engines despite their popularity and proven reliability. Redrives waste power. Mike KSEE ____________________________________________________________ Forget Viagra: This Pill "Destroys" ED Without Prescription! Med Journal http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5daa58bbb99eb58bb7c3cst01vuc
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