I am busy fitting an Old R1000 RS to a CGS Hawk pusher fixed wing. As far as conversion to aircraft use this has an adapter plate bolted where the gearbox went and a drive plate bolted to the holes in the flywheel where the clutch went. A Rotax C type gear box is mounted on the adapter plate and the...

I wanted an engine with carbs rather than injection for a first project, I have seen people battle with electronic stuff and it is not really my field. The hawk flies OK with the 503, maybe a bit broekskeer off our 250M strip 2 up with no wind, wires and rising ground at one end etc. say no more. It...

Is anyone in South Africa flying one of these engines at the moment? I have one I brought from england, I Want to replace the 503 on my CGS Hawk (fixed wing pusher) Ready to install now but have a few questions.