Mathew, I have a lot of pictures of my Weedhopper but I need a better camera as allmost all my pictrues are 1600 x 1200. However, if there are any on my...
Paul, I would love a couple of nice pics of your Weedhopper (love the green!), whether they work for this project or another one. To print as a calendar,...
Mathew, I sent a few off group along with a few that I found that are High Rez. A couple of those are OK just depends on what you are looking for to have on ...
Just curious.... I saw a video on UTube that showed a VW powered aircraft spinning, then the engine stopping. The pilot recovered from the spin at a low...
Hi Al. You should post this question to the CX4 Yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CX4/ Note that after straightening aluminum, if it is not correctly...
You would need to go very fast. For the most part consider it in the same light as a toothpick you have upfront. For many VW powered ac you could exceed VNE...
The VP series of planes will not windmill before VNE according to the group. Mark Smith, Building the VP-1 the Rose Minnette From: AirVW@yahoogroups.com...
Seems I remember someone, possibly on the VP list, saying that you build speed and then pull the nose up. This would need to be done carefully but if the prop...
... How could that possibly get a prop windmilling any better than just building up speed would? All you're doing is compounding your problem, having to deal...
... Stefan I never said I had tried it, just that I had read it. I was hoping someone else knew what I was talking about would kick in. I think it had to do...
I am only flying a 1037cc 1/2 VW but trailering my plane even at 75 mph with the prop in the wind it does not move at all. In this picture you can see that it...
... Sorry if it came across that way, but I didn't say that I didn't want to hear what you had to say, I was merely giving my opinion on that method. (Nor was...
I wonder if anyone has made their own hub for a flywheel drive? This looks quite simple. Also wondering what flywheel and starter the Greatplains kit uses? I'm...
Gordon... Are you looking for a direct drive off the flywheel end...? The GP setup is a custom flywheel/starter/hub lightweight(flywheel is about 6lb) setup...
Gordon, I picked up an sae1 cont. hub on eBay and had a friend machine the stock flywheel down to match the hub. Picked the hub up cheap. Bill From:...
Interesting. Thanks, Bill. I have a friend who has a couple of SAE 1's on hand. How much does that stock flywheel weigh? I am not using or even own a VW...
Gordon, You cut the center out of the fly wheel to match the hub. On the vw group, I found pics that Chad had posted about putting the starter ring on the...
Does anyone have, or can point me to a source, for drawings of Cub-type "eyebrow" scoops for uncowled VW installations. I know to use cool tins underneath, I...
I was not able to find "plans" for the scoops. Wound up using new tins and modifying those. Mod was easy. Check in photos at Tri Eagle on or about the forth...
The important idea in the design of your scoops is that you make sure enough forced air travels in a vertical way betwen the little cooling fins "inside" the...
Just to get this post back on the topic. I have seen and even used some of the engine Type 1 parts that were made in Mexico, with mixed results. I saw lots of...
Hello Champ,  We keep "alive" our VW's (cars, Combies, Things, or air conversions) mostly with locally available parts. Sadly fewer (and older new...
I think I'll start on a new topic. How about VW aircraft engines! ...... I recently installed a Great Plains supplied shrink fit hub. A task I was kind of ...
