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1. 06:22 PM - Would you purchase a running Corvair flight engine? (Dave Thompson)
2. 11:36 PM - Re: Would you purchase a running Corvair flight engine? (raymondj)
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| Subject: | Would you purchase a running Corvair flight engine? |
If you do not like the Corvair as a flight engine, Please skip this message
Guys,
Last week I offered my Corvair engine core for sale. Since then, several
people have suggested that even though I am not building an airframe, that I
should still build the engine. If I do build the engine, I would also build
a running stand on a small trailer so I could test it. Most likely, I would
build an entire Firewall Forward package minus the cowling.
IF you were considering Corvair power:
Would you want to build it yourself?
Would you consider purchasing a running engine on a stand with a log book
and assembly pictures? If not, why?
I don't expect to make a profit on a running engine; I would just build it
for the experience. Does that scare you? Why?
To the guys that have responded to the engine sale:
I intend to wait until William Wynne comes back from vacation before I
publish a price if I sell. I asked him for a timeline for the back ordered
parts that I have paid for. (I told him to service the guys that are closer
to flying before me.) I want to have all the parts on-hand before I sell.
Wouldn't you want to get all your parts if you purchased my engine? I'll
write all you guys off list as things progress.
Dave Thompson
dave.thompson@verizon.net
Westminster, CA
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| Subject: | Would you purchase a running Corvair flight engine? |
Greetings Dave,
I would not buy a running engine.
1. No practical amount of documentation can show ALL the steps
where an error could be made.
2. I know nothing of your mechanical ability.
3. I know nothing of your integrity. This brings #1 in to question.
There is also a financial motive to show your engine in it's best light.
I don't mean to sound harsh, but these are the realities of MY decision
making process when it comes to betting the airframe (among other things) on
an engine.
Raymond Julian
Kettle River, MN.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-engines-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-engines-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Dave Thompson
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 8:18 PM
To: zenith-list@matronics.com; engines-list@matronics.com
Subject: Engines-List: Would you purchase a running Corvair flight engine?
If you do not like the Corvair as a flight engine, Please skip this
message
Guys,
Last week I offered my Corvair engine core for sale. Since then, several
people have suggested that even though I am not building an airframe, that I
should still build the engine. If I do build the engine, I would also build
a running stand on a small trailer so I could test it. Most likely, I would
build an entire Firewall Forward package minus the cowling.
IF you were considering Corvair power:
Would you want to build it yourself?
Would you consider purchasing a running engine on a stand with a log book
and assembly pictures? If not, why?
I don't expect to make a profit on a running engine; I would just build it
for the experience. Does that scare you? Why?
To the guys that have responded to the engine sale:
I intend to wait until William Wynne comes back from vacation before I
publish a price if I sell. I asked him for a timeline for the back ordered
parts that I have paid for. (I told him to service the guys that are closer
to flying before me.) I want to have all the parts on-hand before I sell.
Wouldn't you want to get all your parts if you purchased my engine? I'll
write all you guys off list as things progress.
Dave Thompson
dave.thompson@verizon.net
Westminster, CA
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