WW1 plane crash

[Alex B]

they use boxer engines due to their balance.

[Adamal]

Yea, my dad has a microlite. Zenith Air STOL 701, its got a Rotax boxer in it. The format works really well because its flat, meaning a flattish engine cowel, and when you take the coweling off, its actually easy to access the spark plugs etc.

[method]

Rotax probably make the most common cheap plane engines, they are boxer config. Many many people think they are rotaries for some reason.

Only find car engines in microlights but its pretty stupid, they have too many electrics and fuel injected and are made of cast iron! Plus no dry sump so pretty likely to get lubrication issues.

I dont think you will find many if any with subaru engines or VW engines, would be way too heavy.

[Mr Revhead]

iv seen a few with subaru ones

and one with nissan 300z V6s....

[strx7]

Alot of those 3/4 scale Mustang/spitfire etc WW2 planes flying around have 2.5 and 2.7 Suzuki Grand Vitara V6's in them. We've supplied a few of them

[cat007]

ODT newspaper said the drivebelt snapped and the propeller lost power.

The belt probably couldn't handle the power the 4age was making *insert flame war here* hehe

[GDII]

Alot of those 3/4 scale Mustang/spitfire etc WW2 planes flying around have 2.5 and 2.7 Suzuki Grand Vitara V6's in them. We've supplied a few of them

There's a 3/4 scale Hawker Hurricane here that has a Mitsubishi V3000 V6 in it. Goes awesome. And a Gyro copter with a Subaru Legacy engine.

[americ_ian]

a mates uncle is building a p51 mustang 3/4 replica with a renesis rotary in it, built to run upside down and allsorts! crazy stuff

and a fraction of the cost of a 1:1 model

[Adamal]

Thats a pretty small engine even for a 3/4 size one, when you consider the original had a 27 litre V12!