Corvair Power, flying on the Corvair Aircraft Engine, Corvair College's William Wynne.

[@andrewgillis8572]

WYNNE speaks better than do many broadcasters

[@UncleKennysPlace]

Dan likes to hear himself talk. Still, all-in-all, a good video.

[@wallydat1]

What happened to the stock Corvair turbocharged engine. Is it incapable of being converted for use as an aircraft powerplant?

[@Dr_Reason]

The carburetor is really not suitable, also the old turbo is suck through and rather lag prone. It tends to make boost above 3000 RPM. Chevy also used small valves and low compression in the turbo to make it work on the street and respond decently when off boost. You can turbo one, and Wynne does so, but it is best to start from scratch.

[@SithLord2066]

$10,000 for a freshly rebuilt, turnkey Corvair engine from this guy. Ok how much does a 912 Rotax with similar output cost?

[@ultralightnews]

About $20.000

[@faainspector9699]

More like $$$$$$ 35,000

[@mqbitsko25]

$30K or so.

[@stealhty1]

What holds the Crankshaft in place when the propeller pulls on it ???since those bearing were designed for radial loads

[@mikecrowley4275]

stealhty1 The conversion includes a large 5th bearing in a billet housing on the front of the crankshaft bolted onto the case. This oil pressurized bearing carries all the flight loads of the propellor and transfers it to the case, allowing the four main bearings to carry the radial loads.

[@combatkungfu1]

where do you get the parts for conversion

[@bartgoins1782]

This video will answer your question for you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIWnnYqJd7Zgerc

[@jayphilipwilliamsaviation]

The 5th bearing is an option. There are Corvairs flying that don't have the 5th bearing.

[@mqbitsko25]

The thrust bearing Wynn designed and adds to the engines.

[@outwiththem]

6 cylinders is the way to go.. I hate to teach on 4 cylinder engines. They vibrate more, and if you lose one, like it happened to me, you wont climb at all. I was just taking off, then at around 200 agl. Suddenly i was climbing at around 250 feet per minute and the vibration was shaking the instruments and ASI was unreadable. Luckily i was sharp on turning back to opposite runway from 300 agl and did it. A 4 cylinder will lose more power if lose one cylinder than a 6 cylinder and the vibration will be more. Go 6 cylinder instead like this Corvair Engine. They are not overprized and overrated like the other 4 cylinder dangerous..

[@bartgoins1782]

www.flycorvair.com doesn't work.

[@goodnknuts3069]

It works for me. His other web site is www.flycorvair.net

[@grandenauto3214]

Works for me

[@thaddeusspendlove7437]

The entire website is hard to use. Really needs a remake

[@cartmanrlsusall]

The corvair engine is built the way the Volkswagen should have been built

[@UncleKennysPlace]

Of course, the VW is nearly three decades prior.

[@dehoedisc7247]

The Corvair engine is a cheap, miserable version of the somewhat later Porsche 911 engine.