Great company! The jab on my Sonex was just a ball to fly, couldn’t imagine this power plant on a onex! Used the Aeroinjector carb on the jab and worked wonderful.
I bought a finished model-A with an AeroVee turbo, is there a workshop other than the assembly instructions to learn about how to tune and maintain it?
@@SonexLLC Yeh, LN sells the Nikies for way too much. Although occasionally they popup for between $500 & $1000 for a set of 4 but usually in odd bore sizes with little demand.
Thank God Sonex is moving more in the direction of Zenith with regard to supporting a more varied selection of powerplants. The previous owners were not very customer friendly when it came to that.
I don't know why they insist on saying its NOT a carburetor. Mark even refers to it as a carb later in the video. Wiki's first sentence is "A carburetor is a device used by a gasoline internal combustion engine to control and mix air and fuel entering the engine." It does exactly this. Why can't we just call it what it is?
You do realize Wikipedia is not an authority or reputable resource for any argument right ? Also, there are many different types of carbs not just for engines.
Rotax cylinders and case is pretty small but it gets 4x bigger with all the junk around it so I wonder if with 3D printing the intake and exhaust could be integrated same as cooling ducts so it retains its small size. Even a turbo or two could be embedded in the body somewhere. but ultimately a turbofan jet is just the superior simpler product. Lighter, more powerful, simpler, faster, natural turbo, natural redundancy, no front noise maker, easier to manufacture (with the right design). It should have been done in 1960.
325 hours on ours - it's a great little engine.
Was a good chat!
Great company! The jab on my Sonex was just a ball to fly, couldn’t imagine this power plant on a onex! Used the Aeroinjector carb on the jab and worked wonderful.
I bought a finished model-A with an AeroVee turbo, is there a workshop other than the assembly instructions to learn about how to tune and maintain it?
The Sonexbuilders forum is a good resource.
Need to see Sonex's 2025 plane line up
Bryan, have you done a video on why you chose the Zenith Cruzer?
Do these have steel barrels or ally nikesil coated barrels?
Steel barrels
@@SonexLLC Yeh, LN sells the Nikies for way too much. Although occasionally they popup for between $500 & $1000 for a set of 4 but usually in odd bore sizes with little demand.
In regards ground running for tuning, could these engines be made with subsidiary crank driven fan in the cowling like the FW190?
So simply a portable big workshop fan is the go?
Thank God Sonex is moving more in the direction of Zenith with regard to supporting a more varied selection of powerplants. The previous owners were not very customer friendly when it came to that.
Sorry one more question, is your aero injector similar to the Rotec TBI?
similar, but much simpler. Also does not need carb heat unlike the Rotec.
I don't know why they insist on saying its NOT a carburetor. Mark even refers to it as a carb later in the video. Wiki's first sentence is "A carburetor is a device used by a gasoline internal combustion engine to control and mix air and fuel entering the engine." It does exactly this. Why can't we just call it what it is?
You do realize Wikipedia is not an authority or reputable resource for any argument right ? Also, there are many different types of carbs not just for engines.
AeroVee has earned a good reputation but is expensive compared to a couple of well-proven VW conversions
Only Game in Town? What is Sun n Fun, Chopped Liver?
Ethanol containing fuel will "fool" the capacitance based standard fuel gauge.
Rotax cylinders and case is pretty small but it gets 4x bigger with all the junk around it so I wonder if with 3D printing the intake and exhaust could be integrated same as cooling ducts so it retains its small size. Even a turbo or two could be embedded in the body somewhere. but ultimately a turbofan jet is just the superior simpler product. Lighter, more powerful, simpler, faster, natural turbo, natural redundancy, no front noise maker, easier to manufacture (with the right design). It should have been done in 1960.
You need to work on making some kind of pause before going into your advertisings, it is kind of annoying.
I have never heard so many ums and ahs. It would be difficult for someone learning English to understand.