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Permalink Reply by Greg Scott on July 26, 2011 at 4:51pm

I have been wondering this too.

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Permalink Reply by Ron Lendon on July 28, 2011 at 9:25pm

I expect you might get some replies from the folks who flew in to Oshkosh. Woody Harris came from California so perhaps he might chime in.

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Permalink Reply by Gil DeVault on September 21, 2017 at 9:42am

Im looking at purchasing a completed XL 601 B . It has a Corvair engine with a nitrated crank and the 5th bearing.

A very low time plane/engine, but wonder just how reliable the Corvairs have been for the Zenith users. Any information on insuring these planes and any other information would be greatly appreciated.

Gil

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Permalink Reply by christopher fryatt on September 21, 2017 at 10:33am

As far as insurability Corvair no problem, I bought my 601XL with a corvair 2700 installed and flew it that way for almost 2 years , but now fly more regularly with O-200D  up front !

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Permalink Reply by Gil DeVault on September 22, 2017 at 6:41am

any main reason you switched to 0-200? I have a complete 0-235 FWF packge

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Permalink Reply by christopher fryatt on September 22, 2017 at 7:40am

Main reason...

I like cross country flying, and the "what if" maintenance failure en-route scared me. A few parts are adapted for aviation use and the supply chain is unreliable.

The more I fly O-200D I feel the expense was worth it. I now feel comfortable behind an incredible "NEW" engine that is lighter, professionally documented and certainly more powerful in my application

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Permalink Reply by Joe Pringle on September 23, 2017 at 10:34pm

For about the past year or two, William has totally revamped his distribution process. Just about every part in his catalog is immediately available off the shelf, and they are very responsive. 

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