Paul,
Just been helping a local chap put together a RV7 - what struck me was
the similarity in size to the Vision.

He's running your friend's (Clouse Souiver - Spelling ?) Light speed
system. It looks very compact and it works well apparently, also made in
Germany.

He is also using the Precision Airmotive ( Bendix clone) fuel delivery
system. I have seen the Bendix in photo's but it looks simple enough and
runs a moderate 35 psi.

Not discounting the success of your 555 system, could either of these
systems be adapted to the rotary ?

I notice the fuel delivery is via a manual pump coupling to the
Continental, but I don't know how this could be adapted to the Rotary?
If I remember properly this is a constant feed system?

He also invested heavily in a Teledyne FADEC system and had to remove it
as it wouldn't work properly on a number of occasions, and
eventually caused him to do an emergency landing which resulted
some damage, in the end he couldn't get it to work properly. Heard of
any problems like this ?

George ( down under)


As far as I know Klaus makes that here in the U.S. at SZP.
I think it is just the ignition system? Is that correct.

Paul Lamar

Paul,

That's it , but it has 'Lightspeed made in Germany' on the coils. The coils
appear to be resin filled. Mt friend says it's easy to install and it works
flawlessly.
George (down under)

The coils are probably Bosch Coils. It also cost a lot of money for just
a CD ignition system. Klaus has done real well financially selling those ignition systems. They have little to do with the excellent performance of his airplane. He spends thousands of hours refining the aerodynamics of his airplane. He has also souped up the normally 100 HP O-200 to something like 150 HP. His airplane is famous in the US for going over 250 MPH in air races.

Paul Lamar