Kawasaki 440 engine

Kawasaki ultralight engine from J-BIRD

[@vg23air]

RIP J-Bird Around 8:30 PM, Monday, September 2, 2024, the Fond du Lac County Communications Center received a call from a person saying they saw an ultralight aircraft go down into a field near W1902 Townhall Road, about two miles northeast of Campbellsport. Deputies with the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office as well as Campbellsport Fire and Ambulance were immediately dispatched to the scene. Upon finding the aircraft, it was learned the pilot was conscious and alert but bleeding and trapped in the wreckage. Flight For Life medical helicopter was called to the scene, but as rescue personnel worked to free the man from the wreckage, he passed away.

[@nomoremr.niceguy4778]

Gosh the old T1 series twin used in my 1972 Cheetah lives on with minor changes fifty years later in small planes. Kawasaki’s got their money out of this one. Bigger fan housing, better ignition system, better seals in the crank, better carb and tighter tolerances than the old first generation sled engines but not much else changes. The best change in fifty years is modern two stroke oils are light years ahead of what we had in 1970. Makes me wish time travel was possible so I could send a case of it back to me as a kid. Lol. So many engine problems could have been avoided.

[@randybeard6040]

No matter if its Lawnmowers, Motorcycles or Flying Machines, Kawasaki makes the Best Engines...

[@frederickbecinaencio8161]

randy beard honda

[@commentatron]

Hai

[@hoovercamaro]

You forgot Snowmobiles!!

[@davestevens7386]

Kawasaki 440, Manta drive, Ultraprop. 1983 called. They want their power plant back.

[@okiedoak201]

I can personally attest to the smooth power and quiet operations of the Kawasaki setup...sweet.....nothing like a Rotax... I have Kawasaki mounted on a all aluminum ultralight airplane....3 blade Ultra prop propeller...belt reduction and the blue top Mukuni carb....CDI ignition and it is just a joy to listen to...

[@williamgray4416]

You got ripped off because you were smoking crack before you listened to the sales pitch. Douchebag

[@commentatron]

@@williamgray4416 Given your anger issues, I'm guessing pothead. Amirite?

[@rogerio17775]

Bom dia, tenho um kawazaki 440, oque fazer para ele não se desligar em vôo quando fica por um tempo acelerado, sei que ele tem um sistema de segurança que ele se apaga, pode me ajudar a resolver isso?

[@สุทัศน์พึ่งวิทย์-ฆ2ธ]

Iove..u...Fc..2019...มันสวย..งาม..มาก..

[@lauraerese123]

where do i buy this

[@JamesSmith-op7yc]

Kawasaki engines are excellent! What supplier did you get your powerplant from? Thanks for sharing. J.

[@stevelamperta865]

What I like is the ( blue cap carb ) ! LMAO... I am gonna paint all my carb caps blue now to get the smoothness out of them ! ROFLMFAO !

[@georgesheptak5657]

WTF

[@mikaelgaiason688]

lol I'm a bike tech and I was looking at it trying to figure out how it's not just your standard every day mechanical slide. Not even a CV, and nowhere near a real top of the line like a CR. Never trust a sales pitch, the guy giving it is always trying to make a few bucks off you.

[@InTheFleshInc]

Nice I want this rig

[@arthurjensen5786]

Check the clinder composition out aluminum chrome plate rotax steel

[@thomasnappo6309]

Jim jaegar...your fingers are broken...😅😅😅..l would ask you wear you got this Trike...BUT !!!

[@modifiedvlogwithperfectwal5148]

Baut.acha

[@patrickthorpe6428]

Starts first time every time huh!!!???? Somebody should have shared that with the engine!

[@scottcozart8950]

It started. Just quit.

[@yamahale]

those engines originally came with unreliable chrome bores....

[@bhagawatpaikra2356]

HAL CASEY

[@yamahale]

@Nimbus Nimbus When I put the (exhaust) pipe down a bunch of chrome flakes came out of it....why do you think Arctic Cat went to Suzuki for the engines instead??

[@frandelo]

I wonder how much this baby costs. I mean, the whole craft.

[@InTheFleshInc]

$5,500.00 or so

[@InTheFleshInc]

I'll wait for others to chime in and tell me 10k

[@frandelo]

@@InTheFleshInc It's not bad. It's affordable.

[@pchelandenny]

@@InTheFleshInc I think they are getting about $4k all up for just the powerplant, redrive, shipping, exhaust, airscoop. What the Kasperwing--in kit form--cost in 1983 would equate to around $11k now. So, you were pretty darn close! Of course, that was way back when the engine of choice was a Zenoah G25B.

I need Electric stater for kawasaki 440.. have you one? Thank you

[@hoangsangcantho6455]

Very good.

[@felonebike9859]

Did this come out of a snowmobile?

[@DA-oz2ee]

how much does it cost. please some one answer the question for me??????

[@brunostankavich9951]

i HAVE A 440-A2 KAWASAKI like this one 2hrs on it runs like a raped ape. Rotax doesn't have anything over Japans 440 awesome engine.Remember the first 3cylinder bike by KAWASAKI SCREAMMING FAST BIKE ENGINE i ALSO HAVE A ultra 150 jet ski 2000 fastest jet ski then 75 mph with 2 adults on board

[@rogerio17775]

Bom dia, tenho um kawazaki 440, oque fazer para ele não se desligar em vôo quando fica por um tempo acelerado, sei que ele tem um sistema de segurança que ele se apaga, pode me ajudar a resolver isso?

[@robertbee9776]

I remember those Kow-turds from way back, what junk, not even on a bet would I fly that rotating death machine.

[@robertbee9776]

I guess if you could put a KZ900 or 1000 and still be light enough I would like it, and I would have to see more of the wing, it also could be made with lighter materials of fabrics. I saw the 440 engines could not take it (hard usage, high rpm) back in the day they came out. Maybe they were not good back then and they got better with better metals. Show the wing if possible and weld quality, junk is not always visible and sample test bends on sample parts will tell the truth. Did you bother to bend any of the structural assembly to set the load limits or just yahoo and up you go?

[@robertbee9776]

Motors are much better today and it looks like fun. I may make a few wings to see if I can get enough lift to justify a motor. I've been thinking about making wings for a few years, now I feel I can make a good one if I can find the time. I will try soon.

[@kirbylee57]

J Bird has probably forgotten more than you know , hotrod.

[@MrOGREATWISEONE]

Those rattles need sorting out, engine should sound smoother than that.

[@kirbylee57]

Do you think a diesel should sound a little smoother?

[@MrOGREATWISEONE]

@Nimbus Nimbus If I had a two stroke lawn mower that sounded like that, I’d either repair it or buy a new one.

[@Ethan-ck6iz]

@@MrOGREATWISEONE Those old kawasaki 440's all sound like that. I got no idea where this guy is getting his motors from, but this is the exact motor that Kawasaki and John Deere used in their snowmobiles back in the 70's and 80's.

[@MartinSage]

Kawasaki built Aircraft engines before Motorcycle engines. I owned a 1000cc 2001 motorcycle that looked like it was very well built.

[@chrisarvin1715]

What oil should be used, and what mixture ratio?

[@TheAerotrike]

Rotax 503

[@thehark6247]

nothin runs like a rotax, 447 pretty damn good too

[@andresoteroeirasgranda5870]

I see that there is only one spark in each cylinder. Did You have already an ignition problem at flight?

[@amirhouseingholinia2023]

Good point Andres👍

[@salmanafro271]

super KIPS inside .. ..

[@shreesadgurukrupaconstruct7692]

Where should I get this type of Kawasaki engine

[@commentatron]

If I had to guess? www.j-birdengines.com/

[@hoovercamaro]

Off a John deere snowmobile

[@Cornpop01]

Are you still in business!

[@williamgray4416]

The silencer on the muffler dose not make 40 percent more thrust. So who ever told you that is out right lying to you. If anything it decreases the horse power. Period.

[@dncook1955]

Correction, an exhaust system (expansion chamber) on a 2 stroke engine can increase horsepower by 200% plus via pressure pulsation tuning which creates boost, at a tuned RPM. Totally opposite for a 4 stroke engine.

[@williamgray4416]

@@dncook1955 it's not an expansion chamber douchebag. It's a fucking muffler that he has on it. Always something to say but don't know what you are talking about. It is a fucking muffler Not an expansion chamber. Big difference.

[@commentatron]

@@williamgray4416 My god, Bill, the children. Think of the children!

[@tonyloechte9994]

Very loud smoothness and the ladies get a pink carby lid.

[@andreysamara1937]

Сколько лошадиных сил?

[@steveweyhrich3398]

What is the source of this engine, contact information please?

[@abdullahalfahim2796]

How much is it cost?

[@digumarthinaveen7969]

How much cost Indian money

[@mb4lunch]

Put it on an autogyro!

[@jb5music]

tap quality.. a course.

[@willsross9226]

Whats the model number. Is it.a.kawasaki ta440b-c202.engine or what???

[@kailaweflen7344]

Odd question... what dimension and type of vibration-reducing mounts did you use?

[@trent5555]

Looks like maybe this or some variation...... www.aircraftspruce.ca/catalog/eppages/lordMount.php?clickkey=6151

[@fsrrte7650]

Hello my dear ❤️ how much

[@deltaangar]

очень сложная конструкция

[@jangle1977]

В чём сложность? Алексей

[@deltaangar]

@@jangle1977 50 деталей там где можно обойтись десятком

[@235buz]

I'll take my brothers Suzuki engine on his ultralight over this any day

[@mikaelgaiason688]

He can't find a Honda?... ;)

[@yamahale]

@@mikaelgaiason688 too heavy and not enough power.

[@trent5555]

Are you talking about a Geo engine conversion?

[@brucethecurmudgeon8419]

It is not designed as an aircraft application like the Rotax and Hirth are.

[@ronstallings5448]

Yes it is ! Kawasaki made 440A " a for aircraft ". That kawasaki is way more reliable than a rotax. I have had many years experience with both. Cosmos Echo 503 Currently. Sable trike with a 340 Kawasaki and a 440A on a Phantom and so many others. Depending on application they are exceptional !

[@ismaelamaya959]

please información in idioma espanich water usted they coste traerlo a Bogotá Colombia thanks

[@jerricroft937]

I like my rotaxs

[@ImprovingYourMokai]

Me too... Dual carb and Dual CDI makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

[@kelvinramdall1434]

Got to watch the pink cap there for ladies ya know!

[@MartinProavis]

Two stroke engine?😲

[@elpidiojrjasareno1069]

How much

[@Bragriproperties]

How cost that engine

[@celsosevero3380]

Qual quer valor desse motor

[@alexiscarrelalexis1518]

247 dólares

[@garthrichert5256]

Goodbye Rotax.

[@สุทัศน์พึ่งวิทย์-ฆ2ธ]

Iove.......u.......Fc.

[@jorgbonisch6017]

The best Engine is the Hirth

[@tomtillman]

how do you weight shift? don't see a control bar.

[@pchelandenny]

That Kasperwing is not weight shift for roll and yaw. It uses a 'yoke' that controls wing tip rudders for roll and yaw. Forward and back weight shift for pitch control.

[@rahmat_0168]

How many RPM

[@pareeksoundsystemmzwhanuma5754]

please prices

[@TheShahrokh9]

how much is it with electric starter and the reduction unit?

[@jimjaeger1911]

+Kazem Shah For detailed information,availability, prices, options, and for quicker, faster,better service,please call, J-Bird at 262-626-2611 or give us your # and we can call you.

[@jaysonfrancis3889]

sir I am very much interested please give me your cell no .

[@commentatron]

@@jaysonfrancis3889 He's not in jail.

[@haquenews24tv]

I like to drive this

[@trent5555]

Anyone know what aircraft this is mounted on?

[@stevelyons6739]

KasperWing weight shift with wing tip rudders.

[@razz1946]

Hi I'm interested where you purchased this engine Thanks Ray

[@stevensmith8657]

J. Bird ultralight engines

[@amirhouseingholinia2023]

@@stevensmith8657 do you have to call them to get the price?

[@royc7421]

I have the same engine but can only get mine started by spraying some carb cleaner into the carb. After it warms up it starts with no problem. Any clue want I can do to help it start better? Thanks

[@royc7421]

Tried starting mine today. Still a little hard to start but got it going after about 10 tries with carb cleaner sprayed into carb.

[@rasonjason4066]

Clean and inspect the carb, replace seals, check compression.

[@steelpix]

Roy, did you ever figure out how to start it easier?

[@royc7421]

@@steelpix no, but sending it off to have electric starter installed.

[@sattarbiswas4309]

I AM ABDUS SATTAR . I BUY TO KAWSAKI. PLEASE TELL ME HOW MUCH. RS.

[@AdnanAdnan-sh2se]

price

[@rsraufansari3662]

How I can get it in India.? how many Indian rupees ............? Please rply

[@TimDonk]

Quote a price on a pagage with a garantee.

[@aldysaldy7941]

helikopter rakitan dari meusin motothonda

[@dirmanproperti4708]

Aldy Saldy terkenal mesin KAWASAKI..dari indo ada yg buat pesawat dari kawasaki 2 tak sukses terbang namanya bang chairul

[@rizwanrafeek3811]

Is this a two-stroke or four-stroke engine ?

[@ImprovingYourMokai]

2 stroke. Didn't see any oil injection so probably pre-mix 50:1

[@khirendrakumarsahu4954]

.new pala

[@Jae-dw]

Can someone please tell me what ultralight this is?

[@pchelandenny]

It is a heavily modified Kasperwing

[@DanFrederiksen]

One thing I've wondered, with modern steels at around 2GPa tensile strength and high temp alloys, shouldn't it be possible to make an ultra light motor? rather than heavy cast iron.

[@Artoconnell]

where do you see cast iron?

[@DanFrederiksen]

@@Artoconnell it was a general comment.

[@marlonramirez6687]

hace mucho ruido

[@BrennenNevermann]

What kind of reduction drive is that and where can I get it

[@itta-pupu2]

It's their own custom 2.5 to 1 micro v belt drive, about $796.00

[@gaborfeher7134]

~~~Rotax 503 engine

[@williamrenfroe546]

what is that click click click anoying

[@arthurjensen5786]

Kawasaki are cheep used one they don't compare to rotax

[@arthurjensen5786]

The cylinders will blow out after 200 hrs you can respect a rotax to go 500 hrs

[@argoiiisailingyacht2400]

Ninja...lol

[@John-f5g7c]

I clicked on vid to see it fly. Instead he tries to sell it. BTW kawasaki are crap! Doesn't matter what the colour of the carb top is.

[@robertlafnear4865]

AHhhh.......... Just two steps away from the VEGAMATIC 440 and poof goes you leg/thigh/arm/ head etc. , ..... I think I'd demo with my seatbelt on and in the SEAT !.

[@commentatron]

That's nothing, I drive my car on a divided highway going 55mph with another car going the opposite direction, same speed, ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY!

[@iwastoldtherewouldbenomath8915]

who is the donker talking??? hahahahaha

[@commentatron]

As the good book says, "Judge not, lest ye be an assh*le"

[@rickrobillard9190]

what is the anoying sound "catlic catlic " when you talk.

[@paulnicholls8683]

Is that the noise like a ratchet strap being tightened

[@dusanmracko9432]

Kopie Trabant.

[@patbarrett9263]

CLICK BAIT

[@ridasmith3732]

U talk too much.

[@MasboyRC]

Is it 2stroke engine?

[@willsross9226]

Yes sure💯 its a 2stroke kawasaki 440...436cc .ta440b-c202....its.a. high performance engine..💯💯

[@MasboyRC]

@@willsross9226 wow.. so cool

[@rsraufansari3662]

Yap

[@rsraufansari3662]

How I can get in India ? And how much I have to pay Indian rupees ? Reply please .................

[@yamahale]

@@willsross9226 for a fan cooled maybe

[@wompstopm123]

this is the cleanest looking engine

[@stevensmith8657]

J. Bird.

[@Hopeless_and_Forlorn]

Forty per cent more thrust from a muffler. A hundred degree drop in cylinder temp due to some crude baffling. I believe that. Sure I do.

[@birdwing98]

The "Blue Cap" on the carb provides 40% increase in miles per gallon and 30% greater rate of climb! I do like the simplicity of a single carburetor.

[@sangarp2001]

is this 440cc?

[@nick4506]

yea

[@fggfdgdgfdgffdgfrfdg]

how much its cost ?

[@nhutanhnguyenvan8246]

How much is cost.