Been following this guy's yahoo groups mail list for a while. Incredible work.

 

So what happens if the engine stalls in one of those? I meen is it pretty much engine stops running = plane crash

 

Thats friggin awesome.

Would love to see it in action!

 

Seen an LS1 in a Lancair IV Kit plane before. BIG waste of money. Guy I knew ended up spending twice as much by having to go back to a regular Contienal TSIO 550 piston aircraft engine. He originally did the swap to save money. As most aircraft engines are 30k new. Car engines make very poor aircraft engines. The RPM range is way to high even with a gear reduction box, correct prop so they you figured high rpm load will ware the motor out pretty quick. Then you have to worry about cooling it etc...

I would just run a turbine on it an eliminate pistons!

 

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!!

 

Really!!! Its not just going to fall out of the freaking sky. Any decent pilot can make a controlled emergency landing dead stick. Which most times isn't a crash!

 

Well that seems like the obvious answer but planes have a glide ratio which varies from plane to plane.. some planes can glide to a mostly safe landing if the engine were to die.

 

As with anything written on the net...you could not see my tonque placed firmly in my cheek.

 

LS motors are getting pretty popular for aircraft. In particular LS7 engines. You can't just bolt in a crate motor, they have to be certified for aircraft use. That means the motors need dual redundant ignitions and engine computers. The engines are derated from car use and don't spin past something like 3500 RPM. Some type of forced induction is common to keep the power output constant with altitude.

From what I have read there is no approved rebuild procedure for them. So once they hit so many hours run time they sell them off and buy a new one.

A pretty good link

http://www.epi-eng.com/aircraft_engi...s_contents.htm

 

How about a Airbus that glided 70 miles into the Azores when they had a fuel leak and ran out of fuel in the middle of the ocean?

"According to investigators, the Air Transat Flight 236 developed a "significant" fuel leak while en route from Toronto to Lisbon. Noting a lower than expected amount of remaining fuel, the flight crew opted to divert to Lajes Airport, Terceira Island in the Azores. About 135 mi. from Lajes, the A330-200's right Rolls-Royce Trent 772-211B engine flamed out. When Flight 236 was at 34,500-ft. altitude and 70 naut. mi. from Lajes, the left engine quit (AW&ST Sept. 3, 2001, pp. 34 and 36). "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadstick_landing

 

This is simply not true, an Experimental aircraft does not have to have a certified engine on it.

And I have never seen a "certified" LS engine for use on a certificated aircraft.

So please provide a link or info to a STC for install of an LS on a certified aircraft.