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Thursday, 18 July 2013

Summer time is meeting time...

Flying across France to the yearly French Avid Flyer Pilot meeting I added another 7h30 to the engine and I'm now approaching 60 spotless hours.
I know, I know, it is nothing and it is still way to early to judge the reliability... However, seeing other identical planes take off with their Rotax 582 or (strong but heavy) 912 I'm comforted in my choice of Victor 2 - I can easily out climb them all with my low weight and high power!

For Avid Flyer owners in France...
As you can see the French Avid Flyer association (l'APA) is still going strong. The French Avid Flyer Yahoo Group has been reactivated and you can sign up here.

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Fred Stork30 July 2013 at 12:12
Jean-Pierre, there is no separate lubrication for the Simonini Victor 2 so you need to mix the oil in the fuel - with the advantages and inconveniences that this bring...
Regards,
Fred
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THE BACKGROUND...

Flying home after a visit to Provence my Rotax 532 finally gave up. I landed safely in a field but the engine didn’t survive. Not possible to repair I had the choice of either getting a second hand 582 or a new 582. Or did I? Was there really no other another alternative?

After long nights on the Web there was one alternative that stood out from the others; Simonini Victor 2
Weight, size, engine mount as 532/582, 92 HP at 6200 RPM, lower fuel consumption. All inclusive price close to 582.

Too good to be true? Well that is what we will find out.

Second hand information on the engine is mainly negative on the Web while the rare first hand feedbacks are positive.
It appears that people like what they have and dislike what they don’t have – at least when it comes to airplane engines. And those who didn’t like preferred Rotax…

Simonini make 3 versions of the same engine, Victor 2 with 92 HP, Victor 2 plus 102 HP and Victor 2 super 110 HP. Would you manufacture 2 high power versions based on a crappy base engine? I would not, so why would Simonini? Apparently Simonini trust their engine, first hand feedback is positive and - 100% irrational - it is a very good looking little engine...

I decided to put a Simonini Victor 2 in my Avid Flyer model C HH and this blog will tell the story about it.

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Thursday, 18 July 2013

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