Auto Engines for Aeroplanes

Last issue I promised to tell you about a few manufacturers who are currently converting auto engines for use in aircraft and I’ll do this by quoting passages from newsletters or information packages I have received from the USA.

Firstly, Dave Blanton of JAVELIN ENGINES, P. O. Box 184861, Wichita, Kansas, 67218, has this to say: “For 56 years men have been trying to convert economical automobile engines for aircraft use. Meccanical reliability has never been a problem. The hang-up has always been weight, now we have a breakthrough.

Javelin Aircraft Co. Inc. has developed two engines that have a comparable power-to-weight ratio as a Continental or Lycoming. The Ford Escort/Lynx engine is now in production with a turbocharger and they are being delivered. This ninety-eight cubic inch turbocharged engine will produce 125HP (Ford is running it on the test stand now at 180HP) at the same weight as a 0-320 Lycoming.

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