Francois St-Germain wrote:

Hi group I'm sending a picture of my 6.5

BEE

Almost ready for the hard work!

How did you balance it Francois? Got any

pictures of the shaft

with the balance weights on it?

Paul Lamar

Robert Barnard wrote:

Quite an atractive looking little package.

How much weight will it save over the 13B?  Do

you

plan to use a redrive

designed for a 13B?  Are you going to scale

down a

cooling system to save

weight too?

Rob Barnard

Francois St-Germain wrote:

That engine weight 132lbs because of the manual

trans

Flywheel and I could use a standard 13B redrive

but I

don't need it.I will use that engine at 6500 rpm
continuous.Yes my cooling is system scaled for a
single rotor.
Thanks for asking
Frank.

6500 RPM? What kind of prop are you using Frank?
The engine is lighter than I expected as you could
get another
20 pounds out of it by using the auto tx flex plate.

Paul Lamar

 I'll use the engine on a Mini500 I'm trying to do a
"bolt on" modification to replace the rotax
I'm now designing the support wich is the secret of
the project!I'll be ready to fit the engine this week.
Did you see the pic of the Flywheel?
Can I do the same kind of flange (6 X 1/4 holes near
the center)on a flex plate?

Thanks
Frank

I'll try to get a picture of the flex plate soon. Anybody have
a picture of the auto tx flex plate?

Here is a super light weight aluminum flywheel you can get from Mazdatrix.
As I recall this is about five pounds.

Paul Lamar
 
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