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

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

Thanks for the info Blackrod.cheers

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

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

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

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