I'm curious about the current/next generation of Subaru powered aircraft. Not having followed it for a while, it would appear that several Egg... purchasers finally gave up after spending a fortune and got a Lycoming, suffering from reliability and under performance. A few appear to have prevailed after removing a lot of the egg stuff and turbo charging and now play in the same league as Lycoming as far as power and fuel efficiency. One or two, especially 9's, still run original Egg's, . And finally there is Ross, who built his own FFW and at least until his engine got tired was in the same league if slightly lagging (your honest account much appreciated). Are there any current builders looking at Subaru's more or less from scratch?
I know the whole capital E 'Experimental' vs. the plug and play Lycoming argument and don't want to debate that. Just curios if any current builders are planning to go that way. If there are any at KPAE, I'd particularly love to see.
I never did hear what happened to Eggenfelner. It would appear that he closed is doors about 4 years ago, leaving some builders quite unhappy.
I know the whole capital E 'Experimental' vs. the plug and play Lycoming argument and don't want to debate that. Just curios if any current builders are planning to go that way. If there are any at KPAE, I'd particularly love to see.
I never did hear what happened to Eggenfelner. It would appear that he closed is doors about 4 years ago, leaving some builders quite unhappy.