Hi Mario, Email me; brentsprops at gmail dot com. I am not the builder, but I was present for a lot of the build, and helped with some bits. I think I can put you in touch if there's anything I can't answer. Cheers, Brent.

Overall I like the simonini. Good points are great power to weight ratio, and haven't experienced any reliability issues yet. I had one of my own in a Rans S-10, and that also went well. Being two stroke makes it simple to do an inverted system as no oil to worry about. Parts are cheaper than rotax. Negatives are they're not as smooth as a rotax. Very lumpy at low power. Build quality is not as good and you need to check it over and make sure everything is torqued up properly before first run. There are some unrealistic claims made about fuel consumption on the website but real world figures of around 16-18 lph at reasonable cruise speed are still not bad.I could get down to 11lph with a simonini in a skyranger at lower cruise power. It's a bit heavier than they claim too. Installed ready to fly with radiator, coolant, exhaust etc is closer to 60kg. But that's ok.

Finding Simon Yes, it's done about 20,000 km now and it's going great. Both the motor and controller are air cooled. The controller is bolted to a large finned aluminium heat sink and stays very cool, not more than about 20° above ambient. The motor gets a bit warm if you drive it hard but is fine during normal driving. We use about 150 amps continuous at 108v on the open road with no problem. I think it would be great in a sail boat!

Prince Salim I am happy to advise any way I can. what is the nature of your problems? Regards, Brent.

hi Peter, yes I've been meaning to, the car has been on the road for about a year now and done about 11000km. it's going great. I definitely recommend the HDTV AC motors, they're much more efficient than the brushed DC. unfortunately my health is not so good and I can no longer hold a camera or operate a normal computer. I'd like to do another video though so I might get someone to help me.. good luck with the van, I like the idea of a vw van conversion., maybe with solar panels on the roof for trickle charging.

I did the propeller does look a little weird with the camera angle.

Me two.

The intercom in that particular plane is pretty awful, probably a combination of the noise level in the front cockpit and a less than perfect headset. Usually he just does joy rides with the front controls removed and the passenger gives hand signals to indicate if they're having fun or ready to stop. The Pitts S-2A I'm flying now has much better coms.

Thanks for replying Brent. Have you been flying lately? It must be very addictive :)

Hello. After 8 years, Are you still using this engine , or have you switched?

@@Flightstar Peter (who was the builder and owner) sold the plane about three years ago. But he recently caught up with the new owner, who is flying it regularly still with the same engine.