Gang, What's the verdict on aluminum housings?  Thanks, Tom
Tom Graziano

The good news is we have not heard anything bad about  the Racing
Beat versions.

Paul Lamar

Is anybody actually flying with an engine that has them?
Tom Graziano



Not that I know of.

Paul Lamar


The AL housings are what we need for the single rotor to come into its
own. I wonder if RB would reduce their approx $1500
price if they got an order for a group buy of 20 sets?  An inexpensive
reliable 120 HP at a FWF weight of 170-180 lbs would make a lot
of folks very happy.   A Jabiru 3300 of that wt/hp goes for $18,500 new.

Mark Waldron

Hi  Paul,
                    It seems to me that Racing Beat's price on their
Alloy housings is cheap, when one takes into account the weight
reduction. After all if one calculcates the payload of any aircraft it
is a bit scary how little one can carry as a payload, overall price in
Dollars divided by payload in pounds,Kilos, whatever, $100,000 divided
by 1000 lbs. = $100 per pound. How cheap do you want the engine to be?
Not to knock the Aussie engine maker, but I have heard some pretty
terrible things about the Jab. engine here. Valves, pistons, heads, head
gaskets, cylinders, the list goes on and on.
 John Burey