Haha, yeah.  I guess I meant putting a full sequential, computer controlled EFI/ignition system onto an engine that is from the era of vacuum tubes and is appreciated in aviation for being just that - simple.

On May 16, 2012, at 3:29 PM, Ernest Christley <echristley@att.net> wrote:

> dmlobner@gmail.com wrote:
>> Project number one is my '92 Celica.  If I get comfortable with that, it'll go on whatever airplane I end up building.  It'll be a few years before I even start, so I don't know what it'll go on.  I asked on a forum, and they added support for 7 and 9 cylinder radials, so depending on what I go with for a plane I may put one on a Rotec.  My guess is that I'm going to build a small/cheap plane to start off...a VW with a belt redrive maybe?  Something like that probably doesn't make a whole lot of sense to a lot of people, I'll justify it by saying I'm the type of person who greatly values the education aspect of experimental aviation.
>
> The type of person that can't make sense of that doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.  8*)
>
> Low and slow with a gas sipping VW is a beautiful way to fly.
>
> Again, if I had a do-over, I would have started with something much less ambitious.  Or maybe not.  I'm not known for my
> sanity.
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