Mike Wills wrote:

Paul,

  As promised last week I went to the chapter hanger and snapped some pics
of the Racing Beat 13B with the digital camera. Some details about the
engine. It is dry sumped with a Christen inverted system. Airflow
Performance mech fuel injection. Woodward governor for CS prop (tooth belt
driven). The engine dynoed at  190HP @ 6200RPM as configured in the pics
with that welded up stainless exhaust manifold. It has a PSRU on it but
thats covered by the nacelle you can see in a couple of the pics. The guy
isnt happy with the PSRU and wants to develop his own. I think the PSRU is
a Ross but he wont say as he doesnt want to bad mouth anyone.

  This engine has been sitting for at least 4 years that I know of. The guy
wants to market it as a package and I think he's fishing for investors. It
sure is a tight package; will fit entirely within a 16 inch diameter tube.
Obviously lots of work done in the accessory section of the engine.

  I couldnt accurately measure the pulleys on the eccentric shaft and the
governor but at a guess I'd say the eccentric pulley was about 2 inches
diameter and the governor about 4 inches. I think the engine has run with
all accessories but the PSRU didnt have provision for oil to a CS prop so I
think it has only run with a fixed pitch prop. It has only run on a test
stand but has never flown. I could be wrong about some of this but thats my
recollection from talking to the owner about a year ago.

  Paul, I hope these picture files arent too large. Forgot to bring the
camera manual with me and couldnt figure out how to get the camera out of
high res. Post as many of these as you like. If anyone wants more, or would
like some detail shots of something let me know and I'll take the camera
back and get more pics.

Mike Wills

  

This engine was displayed ot Oskosh several years ago. It is real shame it never
made it into an airplane. I know Jim put a lot of work into it.

Here is one more somewhat cropped.

Paul Lamar
 
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