Re:Engines for the Quickie

And then I found this,

www.flydiver.com/

Have a look at the JVC360

Cheers

Yep...that would probably do it : )

It sure would, but look at the price!!! Landed in Australia with radiator and exhaust it's US$6,500.00 which is about twice the value of a Quickie and about 4X the value of the Part 103 aircraft it's designed to fit.

And if you'll pardon my criticism, it's nothing more than a water cooled half-VW made of magnesium. They haven't even fitted injection. I don't like radiators in small airplanes, and I don't like ripoff artists.

If reliability is of that much concern, a pair of 11hp 2-stroke boxer engines designed for RC models could be used, either in the CriCri configuration or driving counter-rotating props via belts. And it would cost half the price.

Rob

Agreed, a little expensive and have not seen much in the way of a history of reliability. Still partial to a 1/2 VW fro which I most of the parts around etc etc.

Home VW conversions were never considered a reliable engine, just workable and available most places. Have a look at the 3-cyl Suzuki engines, they're pretty good. In fact anything from a Japanese kei car is worth considering.

The F5A is a great example. This is a 543cc, 28hp 4-stroke used in the Suzuki Alto and Mighty Boy of the '80s. Parts are cheap and available and there were tens of thousands built.

There's an '88 model Alto available on eBay Australia right now with a burnt out clutch for less than $200 so the price is right. In fact that model has the 800cc F8B engine which puts out 40hp. Some of the cars built for Japanese home use even had turbos.

Apparently this company specializes in redrives for the Suzuki engines:

www.raven-rotor.com/html/redrive.html

They also sell a conversion manual for the 1.0L & 1.3L engines here:

www.raven-rotor.com/html/manual.htm