ORIGINAL: jeffie8696
Received some great news late last night. Alvin So of Aviatronics is out of the hospital and working at the plant on a limited basis.
Apparetly he has been in and out of the hospital over the last 6 months and at one time spent 22 straight days there.
He has contacted me and we are going to straighten out any issues we can with his engines to ensure they become the premiere model airplane engines that Alvin wants them to be.
I am wondering if anyone thinks (besides me) that a ringed version of his .46 and .53 would be a good idea? If so I will see if we can get it implemented.
So long as the carburetor SNAFU is behind them, I think the best thing that Sig and Aviatech can do is expand the Aviastar engine offerings. Brodak is selling the C/L engines at a pretty high premium; why isn't Sig distributing them? Also, Sig used to carry the Aviastar 1.2 and 1.8 cu in 2-strokes, but dropped them from the lineup last year. Filling in a couple of sizes between .53 and 1.5 might be a good thing.
Sig listed the Aviastar 1.20 at $179.99; I thought that was a pretty attractive engine at that price. Sig might be inclined to offer any smaller Aviastar engines that aren't currently being imported to North America. An Aviastar .25 might be fun to try, for example. I don't know if Aviatronics manufacturers any smaller engines, it's just a thought.
http://www.aviatronics.com/review.htm