Lightwing engine choice R582 or Aeropower?

[ave8rr]

I would like to know that if you had a choice of early ALW Lightwings (GA/GR), would you choose one fitted with the Rotax 582 or the Aeropowered version?

 

 

[seb7701]

I'm far from a LW expert, but the last Aeropowered GA I inquired about was around a 60kt cruise, which didn't exactly thrill me for a 4stroke.

 

If you refer back to some recent Lightwing threads, Maj MILLARD and others explained the diff between the GR and GA, with the GR sounding like a better choice. If I could find a sound GR582, I would be very interested, as they seem to happily zip along around 70kt!

 

 

[Dafydd Llewellyn]

The 582 will spin a larger propeller than the aeropower; at the slow speeds these things fly, that makes a big difference.

 

 

[eightyknots]

Fuel consumption wise, the AeroPower may be better, being a four-stroke.

 

 

[Dafydd Llewellyn]

Depends how fast you get there, doesn't it? The CA21 Skyfox had an Aeropower, and cruised at close to 70 knots, as I recall, tho it was more comfortable at 65 or so. It was a smooth, civilised sort of an engine, but you had to let it climb in its own sweet time.