Hi Richard,

Did you get your VW from Great Plaines? What kind of Carb set up do you have, where is it mounted? By the looks of your pictures, it seems like you did some custom work on engine ventilation. Did you make your own cowling? Looks great.

I'm going to be buying my engine soon and need to decide how it will all fit. The FWF on the 701 is pretty small. Any comments and suggestions are appreciated.

Gary

Clagg, I'm on the road untill April 1 and its hard too get my e-mail when I'm on the move all the time. I can tell you I have 6 hours on the motor and it working great. The motor can put out 120 hp at 7200 rpm's and I have the motor set to run 6200 rpm's and it makes 108 at that rpm and it can run there all day. I'm running it at 5500 for cruise and it is making 90 hp there. The motor cost me 1000.00 complete and the redrive was made by Raven redrive and the motor mount too. I have 4500.00 from the firewall forward without the prop. The plane leaves the ground with no wind in a 100 yards, with a wind of 10 mphs it leaves the ground in 100 feet. I have to go Later Al

Wayne,
sure I am going to find out the infos you need about the VW of my flying fellow. This could take a certain time, since he his absent from the club for a while due to personal affairs. Right you have by mentioning the reason to choose a VW! In my case, I bought an older 701 with Rotax 582 (not 912) exactly due to the same reason: either fly this one or continue to dream...
Anyhow, after my revamping the 701 looks and flies good (with fewer instruments than yours), really the only thing I would like to improve is the engine. Reason? A bit more power, less consumption, and a lot more trusting. By the way, the Jabiru 2200 is also too expensive here, and the Japanese HKS 700 is too weak, unless one install a charger (as Italian ICP does with their Bingo). Curiously, no mention about charger on HKS' site...
Glad to exchange ideas with you.
Sergio

Thanks for your comment. At present I am using the Rotax 582, but a friend at the flying club is using a VW with belt reducer and admission charger. He is, however, not very happy due to the weight of his installation (about 100 kg). Which is the ideal engine? I was thinking about a Hirth (2-stroke with electronic injection and ignition), 4-stroke engines are too expensive here, except VW. I wish you good results and would be interested to learn from your experience with the VW.