ghigor Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 hallo members,i'm working to find an engine for my project Varieze,i ve a very old Franklin 4AC199E,to expensive to restore it,i find a used Continental A65 with still 1000 hrs to TBO.i would like to know if some of you had experience with this little Continental on Vari,pls. all info and suggestion are very welcome.many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTJohnson Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Not a good idea. I have a Varieze with a Continental C-85. I limit my runways to 2500 ft minimum (at close to sea level)......and take off with about 2000 foot of run. I would expect a light Varieze (pilot only) with a C-65 would need a mininum of 3000 feet to take off with a 4000 ft. runway. It would be a one-place aircraft. WTJohnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spg_76013 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Do note that you can convert certain C-65s to C-75s, and certain C-75s to C-85s, and on some models, a C-85 into an O-200. Lots of changes, but do-able. See service bulletin at: http://www.popularaviation.com/docs/Cont_M47_16.pdf SPG1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 No such thing as C65 just A65. A65 can be converted to A75 A75 is not the same as C75 “A” series cannot be converted to “C” series Some C75 can go C85 Some C85 can go C90 Some C90 can go O200 Not all conversions that are physically doable are economically feasible e.g. C85 to O200, case, crank & pistons are different. Not all conversions that are physically doable are TCM or STC supported, not that important with experimental but if you wanted/needed to sell that would have an effect on resalablity and value. TCDS on the FAA web site is a good source of info. Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghigor Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Many thanks!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf. Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 there is a 3300 jabiru on sale on the avaizione leggera site for 13k€ (there is a guy at ancona installing the 3300 in a varieze. Or look for a rotax 912 or a Sauer 2100 turbo. By the way I am in Pescara, fly a Long and restore a Varie wolf. Quote Cosy Classic flying (ex LX-ACE) Varieze N39JC rebuilding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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