Corvair car engine powered STOL airplane

[INGRACEify]

what an ungly hard landing!

[harrothepilot]

Tough aeroplane, great sound! I hear something else in the background exercising its cs prop ( 0-540 Lyc maybe?? ). Just imagine this Zenair/Corvair with a cs prop, mmmm cs prop droool ( sorry Homer ). Anyway, great aeroplane!!

[danilohuguinh0]

it was definitively not a good landing

[fireburst102]

hit the ground pretty hard there

[gunnersdoubleott]

So how did the Corvair turn out? Was there enough power. How about the weight and balance? I'm thinking of doing a 701/ corvair combination. I understand the 750 would be better for the corvair but i like the 701 for the way the wings fold.

[gunnersdoubleott]

thats a testament to the rugged gear that zenith uses.

[Bagadaboats]

y do airplane piston engine startups and car engine startups sound different if they use a very similar engine

[PapaCapinya]

@Bagadaboats Mainly because the exhaust is different between the two, and also the propeller makes a fair amount of noise that you wouldn't hear with a car.

[OJpilotboy]

was that a good landing?

[denacron]

Those wandering about "Car" engines in air craft, look it up in Wiki or Google. Some use Subaru engines as well for instance.

[arsenalprasa]

how much did it cost you altogether

[ethanissocool]

Put a Packard V-1650 (p-51 mustang engine) in the thing nice plane I hope to get the 801 stol

[deepskyfrontier]

As rough as that landing looks, it's the best example I've seen of what this landing gear assembly can absorb.

[nofreedom4racists]

how many horses does that engine have?

[Tardersauc3]

2:34 - 2:37 ...I COULD LISTEN TO THAT ALL DAY

[Biggerbadwolf]

I felt that landing in my kidneys, OUCH!!

[spiritoftungchung]

hard landing inspection required

[Thetruthishere11]

Cost of airplane and engine?

[totongotta]

the landind is very bad....

[olrak2117]

very bad landing!!!

[artgwebb]

Good Job!

Sounds and looks superb!

[Bornn368]

Ouch, Bit of a rough landing there must have been a turbulent day.

[dirtTdude]

the corvair was chevrolets biggest flop in the history of the company and possibly ever, anywhere. believe it or not, they built the car to compete with the VW beetle... most of them had gasoline powered heaters. but that sure is a cool airplane

[TheMilitarynut]

To this I would like to ad a big fat WRONG. Corvairs, (Even though they were only made for 10 years0 have to be the best vehicles ever made. And they were made for one resion, to make a sporty compact car with great gas mileage and great performance.

[spyderman1964]

@dirtTdude

What are you talking about, the Corvair won car of the year in 1960 and then went on to have a total production of almost 1.8 million cars. They were not produced to compete with VW, they were competition with other us compacts. Most 1960 Corvairs had gas heaters as standard and the worked very well and it was an option until 1963. There is a reason that the Corvair still has a large following, they were and are good, fun, reliable cars. 1.8 million cars what a flop. LOL

[TRKWP]

@spyderman1964 I loved every Corvair I ever owned. Am rebuilding a '63 now and plan to drive it daily when I'm done.

[cussedcreekforge]

In response to LTF85199's comment about it not having enough RPM to make a plane fly. Planes do not need a lot of RPM to fly, in fact the plane that I fly you are only cruising at 2300 RPM and around 2600 during takeoff roll. "Automotive" type type engines usually require a drive reduction fro the prop and it is also because automotive type crankshafts cannot deal with the large amount of end thrust on the crank bearings.

[ryanb788]

damn that thing takes off and lands in a short distances hell It could probably take off in my driveway lol

[bmitchely]

Corvair engine sounds great! I am building an Aircamper with a 'Vair engine.

[dannidale]

is it safe to have a car engine?

I mean isn't there a reason for airplane engines to exist?

[marick626]

its obviously modified and not all car engines can be used, only a few.

[LTF85199]

What a joke, that is not a car engine! you expect us to believe it? main reason it being super heavy for a plane that size. Insufficient rpm and finally too many things required to keep it running like timing mechanism, alternator Also look the size of the nose a typical four stroke wont fit in that nose assembly if the basic engine block not modified.

[importsc41886]

you obviously have no clue what you are talking about

[LeviMan2001]

A corvair is an air cooled engine (so light weight) and horizontally opposed (hence the shortness of the nose) and you do not need high rpms for an airplane.

[aegismachina]

insufficient RPM? Car engines would probably need to have a reduction drive between the crank and the prop otherwise the propellor would be spinning far too fast when the engine is most efficient.

[pacemiester]

ya but wouldn't that be more speed?

[Terminxman]

Ever heard of a transmission? or IDG?

[jeanphe]

Engine sounds great!

[MarkSDCA]

Perhaps the landing is a test of the gear? And what should the N number height be? 12" I thought.

[hodgejr]

Flare...flare...FLARE....OUUUU­UCHHH!!! Is that a normal landing in the 701?!

[itsumonihon]

no that's no normal landing, that was pretty rough! probably one of the guy's first flights in it

[sabian1492]

Is this airplane for sale? I am looking for a 701 right now

[sche1nz]

It sounds great!