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    Volvo 5 cylinder turbo.

    Is the volvo b25 worthy of note? Thinking a turbo under the sump for a long, slender cowling. The range rover v8 seems the benchmark, could the b25 add turbo outclass it for power to weight? I've lifted a subaru bare block and Vw type bare block and the suby weighs a ton more, I'm not totally...
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    G16 for a Starlet?

    Would a G13 or 16 fit well in a Corby Starlet? The plane is designed for direct drive VW, the thrustline would be lower when the motor is centralized on the fuselage and being longer the plane would grow 150mm or so affecting cog. It's a wooden plane, so Horsepower is will stay safely below 100...
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    VW / Chevy 8 cylinder open source project.

    Hi all, I was off topic on twin VW thread https://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/volkswagen/7350-8-cylinder-vw.html and felt this idea may deserve a thread of it's own. The idea is for a Chevy crank/cam/rods/lifters packaged in a VW type 1 or 4 pattern engine case. Using aftermarket VW...
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    Costs.

    Hi all, could i ask a few of you to please give me an honest opinion on costs. 1/ design a light plane, built in a small shed, sheet alloy 70%, tube steel 20% and 10% fibreglass. 2/ double curves avoided in design, and where needed, fibreglass capping. 3/ 2 seater. 4/ car based alloy engine 5/...
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    E series airfoils

    Can anyone please tell tell the background and classification method of the E series of foils? They look really modern and low drag like the roncz foils.
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    Shuttle wing study

    Hi folks, I'm interested in subsonic delta wing setups, I have been looking into the Avro 707, the Vulcan and the Rockwell OVxxx (shuttle). Information is hard to come by, the internet yeilded the figures of a NACA0010 root for all 3 wings, as were the tips for both Avros with the Shuttle...
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    Any CNCzone guys among the ranks?

    Hi folks, I'm the east coast of Australia and new on the scene. Are there any CNCzone people here? You dont have to disclose your avatar, privacy is is a rarity these days with google. It just seems to go hand in hand with aircraft building. (cnc)
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