--- In X-Air_Ultralight_Aircraft@..., Michael Coates
<xair@m...> wrote:
It seems that HKS is back in production again
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From my limited knowledge of the engine and it's performance - it
seems
like it's almost there, the last model suffered from severe
overheating
problems and of the three sold in Australia all went back to the
importer seized after very little time on the clock. (One seized
whilst
running in).
I thought they were supposed to arrive tested and fully run-in.
From all reports the old model put out about the same HP as the 503
and
used about 15 litters per hour.... does anyone have any more
information
on the HKS ??
That all sounds really bad! I am considering fitting the new model to
my new Xair here in the UK. From what I heard they were OK in tractor
configuration, as that's the way they were developed and tested. When
Pegasus fitted them to the Quantum trike, they burnt the exhaust
valves. There is an instructor here teaching in an HKS fixed wing,
and
so far it's OK. It's also supposed to do a lot better than 15 l/hr,
more like 9L/hr and if you convert the figures given on the American
website 5.6-7L/hr. The new engines are supposed to be in stock here
soon.
