homebuilderfan
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Hello to everyone. This is the first thread I open in this forum and I hope this will be helpfull.
Sorry for my language, but I am not anglosaxon.
Well, and now my problem: I made a search, but the most interesting thread about small engines dates about 10 years ago. There were lot of questions, hypothesis, advices but no certainties.
I am looking for something that is really hard to find today, I know it: a small engine in the range of the 45/60 hp, 4 stroke (I will tell the reason), reliable enough to be put on the nose of a plane (ok, I understand the "reliable enough" can have lot of meanings), not weighing a lot and not needing to be cut in pieces, sawn or glued to make it run properly behind a propeller; not out of production or really hard to have.
I am looking for direct experience (the web is already full of "I saw a guy..." "Try that engine xyz, should be..." "I heard that ..." etc...)
I know I am looking for something that is almost disappeared today; engines manufacturers look at other ranges of power; it is obvious, since today even the very light aircrafts are equipped from 80 hp to up( Rotax 912 first of all).
Sure I have missed something, I will however wait for a reply, hoping to solve this issue.
Thank you in advance.
Fabri
Sorry for my language, but I am not anglosaxon.
Well, and now my problem: I made a search, but the most interesting thread about small engines dates about 10 years ago. There were lot of questions, hypothesis, advices but no certainties.
I am looking for something that is really hard to find today, I know it: a small engine in the range of the 45/60 hp, 4 stroke (I will tell the reason), reliable enough to be put on the nose of a plane (ok, I understand the "reliable enough" can have lot of meanings), not weighing a lot and not needing to be cut in pieces, sawn or glued to make it run properly behind a propeller; not out of production or really hard to have.
I am looking for direct experience (the web is already full of "I saw a guy..." "Try that engine xyz, should be..." "I heard that ..." etc...)
I know I am looking for something that is almost disappeared today; engines manufacturers look at other ranges of power; it is obvious, since today even the very light aircrafts are equipped from 80 hp to up( Rotax 912 first of all).
Sure I have missed something, I will however wait for a reply, hoping to solve this issue.
Thank you in advance.
Fabri
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