Bill,

 

I didn’t mean to imply that Alan built the FWF stuff - I know that was all Powersport. The entire airplane was a work of art with a completely aluminum cowl with an annular inlet. They wouldn’t make a claim for FWF weight, but they did say the entire airplane was well under 700 pounds. A typical RV-3 is in the 730 pound range.

 

I met Alan and Everett at the Copperstate fly-in in the mid 90s and talked their ears off.

 

So what does this your effort mean for the current Powersport company? Are they dead and gone? Should we anticipate some sort of legal battle over IP issues?

 

At the time that I talked with Alan and Everett they still were not selling anything. The current owners of Powersport priced themselves out of business (at least my business). For all of its warts, at least when you pay 25K for a Lycosaur you know exactly what you are getting. A FWF package such as the most recent Powersport, Eggenfellner, etc... that costs as much as or more than the Lyc with relatively no track record is a dead end in my book.

 

If you guys can come out with the pieces-parts to duplicate that original engine or a complete engine, without a price tag that breaks the bank, I'd think you'll have a winner. If the end result is in the same ballpark as a Lyc, I'd stick with my $3200 Turrentine built 13B.

 

Mike