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trip to open hangar day in corvair 601xl

Just another quick post about the progress on my corvair 601xl. I flew back from mexico last night to pittsburgh. 6.5 hrs non stop. burned 5.1 gallons per hour. 2.5 hrs of night. 90 hrs total time on plane now w/ no problems.

Added by Louis Kantor on September 20, 2009 at 9:41am — 3 Comments

update 8-14-09

I thought it was time to give an update on my corvair 601XL. The airplane has 72 hrs on it now...keep in mind that the first flight was just in the middle of june. Since the moment we mounted the engine I have only adjusted the timing, changed the oil and pulled the plugs for inspection. Haven't had to turn a single bolt or screw on the fwf. It has turnkey reliability. I flew from FL to PIT then onto oshkosh and back to PIT. I have carried a few passengers including my father.



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Added by Louis Kantor on August 14, 2009 at 9:38pm — No Comments

nonstop JAX to PIT

I just wanted to give an update on my corvair powered 601xl. I now have 54 hrs on my airplane. We haven't turned a wrench on the engine except for oil changes since the first flight. Totally smooth and hasn't skipped a single beat.



I flew from south of Jacksonville, FL to Finleyville, PA (approx 20 nm SE of Pittsburgh, PA) nonstop today. Flight time was 5:58. Distance is 626 NM. Nice long flight.



Now I am getting ready to fly to oshkosh this weekend...see you there in the… Continue

Added by Louis Kantor on July 22, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

N601LV First Flight!!! Corvair powered 601 XL

601firsttakeoff.wmvIt's getting kinda late down here but I wanted to put a quick post up letting the Zenith community know that our 601XL flew for the first time today. As posted before it has a standard William Wynne corvair engine w/ a Dan Weseman 5th bearing, Dynon efis/ems, and Garmin avionics stack. Updates to follow

Added by Louis Kantor on June 16, 2009 at 12:30am — 9 Comments

Corvair powered 601xl receives airworthiness certificate





My Fly-Corvair powered 601XL was deemed airworthy by the FAA today. After almost 4 and a half years of on and off building my airplane is ready to fly.



I own and built this plane w/ Vincent Olson. We are both ATP's and CFI's and fly for the airlines. Flight testing will commence asap. We're looking forward to quickly flying off the 40 hours and going on a midwest tour to include St.Louis, Chicago, Indianappolis and KY before the… Continue

Added by Louis Kantor on April 20, 2009 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments

video of first engine start

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Just a video of the first start of my Corvair powered 601xl. Dam that thing sounds good!!!!

Added by Louis Kantor on April 16, 2009 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Corvair powered XL is finally ready to fly





I just wanted to post that our corvair powered 601 xl is ready to fly. We are currently conducting taxi tests and waiting for our DAR inspection on monday. The airplane is equipped with a dynon efis d-100 and engine monitor d-120, gps 496, etc. (see pics) It has a standard William Wynne 2700 corvair engine with a Weseman 5th bearing and an MA3-spa carb. We are running a 60 amp rear alternator to… Continue

Added by Louis Kantor on April 15, 2009 at 11:32pm — 5 Comments

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