EggenFellnor(or something like that) Subaru engine- for RV'S

[dazza 38]

These engines look like their Popular, to use in the RV's.Does anybody know much about them, are they reliable?

 

 

[dazza 38]

Thanks for the info Blackrod.cheers

 

 

[RV6JOY]

These engines look like their Popular, to use in the RV's.Does anybody know much about them, are they reliable?

I think after no replies for eight years, Dazza 38 has got his answer! B

 

 

[SDQDI]

I can't believe Dazza got the old they're and their mixed up! Of all the people.

 

 

Hope you are keeping well @dazza 38 long time no see

[onetrack]

Jan Eggenfellner was in business from 1994, trading as Eggenfellner Aircraft Inc. He modified the 6 cylinder Subaru car engine to suit aviation use and called it the Eggenfellner E6.

 

He apparently also produced other Subaru 4 cylinder engines modified as aircraft engines.

 

It appears more than 300 of these E6 engines were sold and most went in Vans aircraft. However, Eggenfellners erratic performance as a supplier and engineer, and a poor choice of engine size and HP output, saw EAI go bankrupt in 2009.

 

Eggenfellner then established the Viking Aircraft Engines company in 2010, to produce a lower HP line of aircraft engines, using modified Honda car engines - but it appears Eggenfellners erratic performance as an engine supplier, and as a businessman, continue to dog him, with many Viking purchasers/owners unhappy at VAE's performance.

 

Here is one unhappy Eggenfellner 2.5L Subaru WRX engine purchaser, who kept a log of Eggenfellner engine and company problems, until he disposed of the aircraft and engine in Sept 2010 - obviously incurring a great deal of accumulated losses, in doing so.

 

Brian Meyette's RV-7A Builder's Page

 

Brian Meyette's RV-7A Engine Page