08-09-2020 Corvair Engine Wrangling 101
I puzzled over it. I looked at the way the chain hooked onto the two eye bolts screwed into the top of the engine cover. How it looped through the… Read more »
Tag: corvair750
04-05-2020 Rockin’ the Horizontal Stab Spar
I had just a bit of fun drilling the horizontal stabilizer spar doublers. What’s not to like about being in the shop?
03-09-2020 Finished Parts Rack
I spent a little time this crazy-busy weekend building a parts rack so I can keep finished parts out of the way until assembly time. Just some two by fours,… Read more »
10-21-2019 Destroying the Core to Liberate It
There are reasons that William Wynne strongly recommends trying to find a rotating core. I’ve had a rotating core in the past. And I disassembled it. It was quite usable… Read more »
09-07-2019 Pioneer Flight Museum
1:00pm After finding a core for my Corvair CH750 project out at the junkyard, where I sweated in the September heat and was scratched all over by thorny brush, I… Read more »
A Corvair Engine Core
I I headed out to John’s Salvage just south of Seguin Texas in search of a useable Corvair engine that I could rebuild into an experimental aircraft engine. I had… Read more »