Re: Viking Engine
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:50 am
178lbs is the dry weight, Jan says in one of his Yahoo posts. "Add one gallon of oil and one gallon of coolant," he says.
Coolant and oil are eight or nine pounds per gallon. Plus the motor mount, cowling, hoses, wires, exhaust (maybe not included), and battery (if with the engine). 224lbs sounds about right to me.
Exaggerating and censoring I also really dislike. "He who is dishonest in little things is dishonest in big things," as the saying goes.
But once again, he is the only one doing a decent job of this. Pioneering an alternative engine would cost any individual more than a Rotax, and would likely be riddled with way more problems than the Viking.
Jan deserves a lot of slack in my opinion because he is the only one doing this -- and taking the heat any small guy would have to take.
People expect big-company business, with years of expensive R&D before a product goes to market, and no-questions-asked refunds. But, no big company is willing to take the potential liability that goes with a new aircraft engine. Only someone like Jan could do this because he is not rich enough to be worth suing -- not unless he really pulls it off with this engine.
- Jan, if you start making money, I recommend blowing it on whiskey and women. Don't buy a nice house. Keep yourself judgement proof.
Coolant and oil are eight or nine pounds per gallon. Plus the motor mount, cowling, hoses, wires, exhaust (maybe not included), and battery (if with the engine). 224lbs sounds about right to me.
Exaggerating and censoring I also really dislike. "He who is dishonest in little things is dishonest in big things," as the saying goes.
But once again, he is the only one doing a decent job of this. Pioneering an alternative engine would cost any individual more than a Rotax, and would likely be riddled with way more problems than the Viking.
Jan deserves a lot of slack in my opinion because he is the only one doing this -- and taking the heat any small guy would have to take.
People expect big-company business, with years of expensive R&D before a product goes to market, and no-questions-asked refunds. But, no big company is willing to take the potential liability that goes with a new aircraft engine. Only someone like Jan could do this because he is not rich enough to be worth suing -- not unless he really pulls it off with this engine.
- Jan, if you start making money, I recommend blowing it on whiskey and women. Don't buy a nice house. Keep yourself judgement proof.