X-Mozilla-Keys:                                                                                 
This is getting to be a regular monthly feature :-)

On page 33 Oct 99 under the Powersport 210 caption
the engine size of the 13B is given as 21.5 inches 
high and wide. Wrong!. The engine is 12.5 inches
high and wide. The dry weight is given as 297 pounds.
Wrong! The dry weight less the PSRU is 197 pounds.

Some editor probably checked the text and knew just enough
about piston engines to be dangerous and probably
changed the numbers because they looked too low.
"This engine can't be only 12.5 inches high & wide and
weigh only 197 pounds. It must be 21.5 inches and 
297 pounds."

Nice tame article about George Graham's Mazda EZ on
page 40. IMHO it did not really give George enough credit 
for what he has achieved.

On page 36 there is a picture of the Tigress with
the Orenda engine. No mention is made in the text
on the Orenda engine. I guess they did not want
to embarrass Orenda Corp. about placing one of their
brand new V8 water cooled engines in the EAA museum. You can
just make out the Orenda logo on the side of the 
airplane when the light is just right and you look closely.
The lame excuse of being "too complex" was used to 
justify the donation.

What Lance learned however is big block Chevies don't
work in airplanes :-).

Paul Lamar
 
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