On the idea of Auto Engine Conversions, The Trace Beaver arrived in Campbell River, and Aircab provided a set of floats and rigging for tests on aircraft performance, the word has it that it out pulls a Turbo Beaver by some, and it has a reversible electric 4 blade prop, either forward or reverse, no feather, so the aircraft is a real BEAR to dock. Idle at 1500 rpm due to not being able to optimize the the ignition due to fixed Mag, and the gross is not high enough to interest commercial operators. Aircraft runs nice and smooth and quite. Fuel burn is the same a Turbo Beaver! It has not been determined the optimum cruise speed yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx81g-ZV3yw

Steve Carlisle

For the past sixteen years we have averaged one or two new V8 projects
a year. Some have crashed. One or two fatalities. Others get about 300 hours
and give up. Some have spent as much as 30 million. One or two others
have spent as much as 1 million. Car piston engines are not designed
for aircraft use. The material is cheap and the manufacturing process is not
up to aircraft standards..

Hope springs eternal.

Paul Lamar

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