| All Rights Reserved. Subscribe to the AeroVee Turbo Mailing List for Future Updates. A tailwheel, AeroVee Turbo-powered Waiex-B is on display in the Sonex booth, NE-11&29 and will be there throughout the show. AeroVee Turbo Liquid Cooling Test Data Summary (click to download), AeroVee Turbo Liquid Cooling Test Data Sample 5 (click to download). While many have questioned the choice of a water-cooled turbo in an air cooled application, it was the advice of our turbo vendor that they see better heat dissipation with their turbo in an air cooled application than they do on many air-cooled turbo designs. A Forum for Sonex Aircraft Builders and Enthusiasts . Through investigations over the following months, four distinct and separate causal factors were identified. Sonex is a basic and economical, easy to build, all metal two place monoplane. In this situation, the engine may fail to provide any boosted power, which will result in limited RPM with AeroVee Turbo propellers. I did a test flight today in my Aerovee Turbo … The purpose of this system is to reliably reduce temperatures of the turbocharger bearing block to reduce the chances of oil coking and turbo seizing. The thermostat turns on the pump and fan when the bearing block temperature is approximately 160 degrees, and shuts off the system when temperature is approximately 130 degrees. This is the entire kti from Sonex, including engine mount & canopy.Flaps & ailerons are constructed. Price of the AeroVee Turbo is $10,995, and an AeroVee Turbo upgrade package is available for installation with existing AeroVee engines, even those already installed and flying, at a price of $3,995. All comments will be reviewed and consid-ered for inclusion in future revisions of this manual. Re-clocking of turbocharger in tailwheel aircraft for better turbo oil drainage post-shutdown. The new turbocharged engine is rated at 100 hp. Total system weight with fluid: under 5 lbs. So i purchased a 912UL-F3 engine and started fabricating a one of engine mount. The spin-on filter is located directly upstream of the turbocharger oil inlet. System Documentation — Download: ACV-T06_B_Turbo_Cooling_System.pdf Installation Plans; ACV-T06-07_A_Plenum.pdf Fan Plenum Drawing; Turbo_Radiator_A_031918.pdf AeroVee Turbo Radiator Installation Instructions ; ACV-T06_Shopping_List.pdf Bill of Materials … The purpose of this system is to reliably reduce temperatures of the turbocharger bearing block to reduce the chances of oil coking and turbo seizing. Re: Aerovee Turbo Perfomance Question. This aircraft has a fuel capacity of 20 US gallons. Deliveries are scheduled to being in the fourth quarter of this year. I then started on welding a 4-1 turbo manifold and a injection intake system. In addition, Sonex provides leadership to the grass-roots homebuilt community to protect the experimental-amateur built rules and cultivates new pilots and airplane builders through educational efforts. News and Development Archive for the AeroVee Turbo. HKS, then HKS 700E asking price is $9,370, while HKS 700T $16,500. The basic system components and characteristics are as-follows: The electric pump was added to the system after initial tests failed to provide adequate coolant circulation from convection alone. Current draw of the system is approx. Just like the normally-aspirated AeroVee, the AeroVee Turbo can be installed in any suitable homebuilt aircraft design. 15 posts • Page 2 of 2 • 1, 2. It can be equipped with four engine installation options including AeroVee / AeroVee Turbo, Jabiru / CAMit 3300, UL-350 series and Rotax 912 series. AeroVee Turbo The AeroVee engine is manufactured and marketed by AeroConversions, a part of Sonex Aircraft. Modification to original oil drain fitting, or replacement with new AeroVee Turbo drain sump. The Plan: Air cooling was a design goal of the AeroVee Turbo system from the beginning, as no dedicated turbocharger liquid cooling systems exist, that we have found (all rely upon engine coolant in liquid cooled engines). Around mid-year 2016 Sonex Aircraft began receiving reports of turbo seizing in AeroVee Turbo systems in the field. Sonex Aircraft is now accepting orders for its long-anticipated AeroVee Turbo engine, with deliveries to begin in the fourth quarter of 2014. In 2014, a turbocharger was developed as a $3,995 modification to existing AeroVee engines. Because he is very low time in the Sonex he had a test pilot fly the plane after the engine work. According to Sonex designer and founder John Monnett, “The B-Models provide more of what customers have been asking for in a sport aircraft.