REFLECTOR:Rotarys, Lycosaurs, etc.

[Scott]

Talk to any FBO that runs an active flight school.

They all routinely get 2000+ hrs from their training airplanes that fly 
everyday.

West Mesa in ABQ goes 2500+ on all their new 172's.

Scott

At 12:27 PM 11/6/2003, you wrote:
><... My Glasair has about 3200 hour on it...That said, I fly it almost 
>every day here
>in California....>
>That's really great reliability.  It also goes to the notion that engines 
>that fly all
>the time live much longer than those that sit around a lot.  What I've 
>heard on this
>thread has me beginning to believe that regular exercise might be more 
>important than
>any other single factor determining engine life.  Nearly all the folks who 
>reported
>minimal or no problems were referring to engines that worked a LOT.  Two 
>of the three
>engines I have owned that didn't last had lived very sedentary lives.  I 
>aim to keep
>an eye on that factor from now on and collect more data points.
>Glad to see that someone is having really good luck with Lycs ... Jim S.
>
>steve korney wrote:
>
> > That's right...The engine was a rebuilt out of a twin comanche.  After 2700
> > hour, tach time, I rebuilt it
> > again myself and that's what is in the plane now...The reason I rebuilt it
> > was, it started leaking a little oil and I found a crack in number 2
> > cylinder from the exhaust port to the lower spark plug hole.  So, I 
> replaced
> > all the cylinders this time...My Glasair has about 3200 hour on it...That
> > said, I fly it almost every day here in California...
> >
> > Best... Steve
>
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