JMillar
Well-Known Member
If you take a previously certified engine, and use it on a amateur-built (that seems to be that Transport Canada calls our 'Experimental') aircraft, it no longer has to maintain certification, correct? So at that point it has the same status as any engine you might bung in there, with the result that anyone can work on it.
Is overhaul and maintenance so expensive on these engines because of parts or labour? And is there any reason that a skilled mechanic used to rebuilding car/truck engines can't successfully do the work? Basically, are they any harder to work on?
The reason I ask is, you see so many engines going fairly cheap due to overhaul needed, needing inspection after prop strike, etc. So if I, as an automotive technician, can manage to do the rebuilding into a state suitable for non-certified use, conventional aircraft engines just got a whole lot more affordable.
Is overhaul and maintenance so expensive on these engines because of parts or labour? And is there any reason that a skilled mechanic used to rebuilding car/truck engines can't successfully do the work? Basically, are they any harder to work on?
The reason I ask is, you see so many engines going fairly cheap due to overhaul needed, needing inspection after prop strike, etc. So if I, as an automotive technician, can manage to do the rebuilding into a state suitable for non-certified use, conventional aircraft engines just got a whole lot more affordable.
