Paul,  the following statement was posted on the Tailwind discussion
group.  Do you think it is true and how would you explain such
performance?   Jerry

Just found this: lsecorp.com, then click on news on left side. Klaus
Savier flew the Vari-eze nonstop from Santa Paula, CA to Panama City,
FL, 1985 statute miles in 8 hrs 58 min on 25.8 gallons. Slightly under
80 miles per gallon.

Its true. Klaus had a strong tail wind. As I recall he also had oxygen :)
He leans his engine severely and advances the ignition. He also uses
a high energy multispark capacitor discharge ignition system to
fire the lean mixture. Another factor is the aircraft is highly
refined aerodynamically. Yet another factor is he uses solid state fuel
injection but it is not computer controlled. Cheap analog circuits (cost $1)
called 555's or something similar are used to change the pulse width
on the electric injectors. Each cylinder gets the same amount of fuel. He may be
able to adjust the fuel on each cylinder according to the EGT. You have
plenty of time up there to diddle around.


Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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