AeroVee News – Sonex Aircraft

AeroVee Assembly Video Now on YouTube!

waiex29 — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 19:15:20 +0000

Sonex and AeroConversions is pleased to announce that the AeroVee Assembly DVD is no-longer a DVD — the video is now available to watch for free on YouTube! The video is now available as a 31-part YouTube playlist and can be viewed from your phone or tablet conveniently in the shop environment.

A great companion to the AeroVee Assembly and Installation Manuals, this video series gives detailed visual depiction of all AeroVee assembly tasks along with helpful commentary by EAA and Sonex alumnus Joe Norris. Also incldued in this video series is a detailed introduction to the AeroConversions AeroInjector.

The AeroVee Engine Kit is an all-inclusive package with brand-new core engine parts (including case), CNC-machined aircraft conversion parts, ignition and induction. Available in a normally-aspirated 80hp version and turbocharged 100hp version, the AeroVee Engine Kit puts knowledge and experience in the homebuilder’s hands via the assembly process allowing the builder to conduct their own maintenance and overhauls through the years. Available for over 20 years, the AeroVee is the cornerstone of Sonex aircraft performance and economy — The Best Performance Per Dollar!

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April Marks the 20th Anniversary of the AeroConversions AeroVee!

waiex29 — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:39:36 +0000

A feature article in the May, 2022 issue of Kitplanes Magazine commemorates the 20th anniversary of the modern AeroVee Engine Kit. Although the AeroVee name has been around since the early 1970’s with a previous generation of cast aluminum conversion parts, the “Modern” AeroVee, an all-inclusive package with brand-new core engine parts (including case), CNC-machined aircraft conversion parts, ignition and induction was first sold in April, 2002.

20 years later and approximately 900 engines sold to-date, the AeroVee boasts many enhancements since the original 2002 version and is available in both its original 80hp configuration as-well as a 100hp AeroVee Turbo turbocharged engine package. AeroVee and AeroVee Turbo engines account for fully half of the worldwide fleet of completed and flying Sonex aircraft, and have been installed in a multitude of other experimental aircraft types including Sonerai’s, unique designs like the Flitzer Biplane and others.

You can read much more about the evolution of the AeroVee in "AeroConversions AeroVee Turns 20" by Kerry Fores in Kitplanes Magazine!

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AeroVee 80hp Engine Kit

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Poznan Institute of Technology Celebrates History with the AeroVee

waiex29 — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 21:34:52 +0000

On January 6, 1919 Polish rebels defeated German forces during the Greater Poland Uprising, capturing the Poznan Lawica Airport and managing to seize most of the German equipment including over 300 aircraft. Among them were three Fokker D-VII fighters. To commemorate this anniversary, along with the 100th anniversary of their school, Poznan University of Technology has built and are flying three 80% scale Fokker D-VII replicas with AeroVee power!

The replicas are painted in Polish colors, as they were painted in the early 1920’s during the Polish-Soviet War. The Fokker D-VII replicas are kit aircraft from Airdrome Aeroplanes in Missouri with 80hp AeroVee 2.1 engines installed direct-drive. The direct-drive AeroVee is a great installation for these small, light WWI replicas and several other aircraft types including the Flitzer Biplane, and of course our own Sonex Aircraft!

Officially founded in 1919 as the Higher State School of Machinery, Poznan University of Technology includes an Aviation Training Centre which owns and operates 2 aircraft, 3 gliders and a simulator. Their squadron of AeroVee powered Fokker replicas will be included in static display and flight demonstrations commemorating these historical milestones for the University and the country of Poland throughout 2019!

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