My new VW

Dont think its clubman legal??

Mini Max Vmax plane. All wood fuselage/wings with fabric covering, 1835cc Type 1 VW engine as base. Modified crank for prop hub. Makes about 65hp at 3600rpm. Prince wood prop with CF covering.

Basically the clapped out SV of planes...







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No pics for me.

 

Me either. Does it come with a parachute and a lesson?

 

can you see them now?

 

my instructors....

 

Good luck with that.

 

That's actually pretty damn cool. :up:

 

Its fine. Air cooled VW's are know for their stone cold reliability.

Arent they???

 

I think it's cool as beans myself!

 

Floor pans are probably rusted out

Want to see a guy sweat? Tell Chris he’s got to go for a ride in that!






Edit - that’s cool AF. I’ve been eyeing up getting a pilots license.

 

Does the engine have the classic VW 'bag of nickles' sound or did you put a cool exhaust on it?

 

nice wings

 

Yes and that's cool as hell.

 

Its got straight pipes man. Sounds mean.

well not really but better than 'pea shooters'

 

NTTAWWT

 

Reliable AF (IF) you are within gliding distance of a airport !

 

I know where you could get a replacement engine with a little more grunt. How about an Autocraft VW that dynoed at 250hp at the wheels in a midget? Might make that bird a little quicker.

 

Is it possible to overpower the airframe in planes?

 

YES.
Weight is/can be an issue as well.

What RPM? I dont like gear boxes on plane engines, so that limits rpms to about 3500-4k max. Any faster and the prop is so small to keep the tips from going supersonic. This one is already about 800-1000 rpm more than most aircraft specific piston engines.

Plus the crank takes a lot of force from the prop, big gyroscope, so the main bearings/crank have to made for that.

But yeah they can get some stupid power from VW engines now.

 

The prop is on backwards!
And you know the engine has oil because it's leaking.