From: karol+@pitt.edu (Filip M. Gieszczykiewicz (fmgst+@pitt.edu))
Newsgroups: rec.aviation.homebuilt
Subject: VW engine conversion (by HAPI) & a few questions
Summary: got a 1500 & HAPI book&kit need help
Keywords: HAPI, WV, Jeanie's Teenie, help...
Date: 15 Oct 92 19:48:11 GMT
Followup-To: rec.aviation.homebuilt
Organization: University of Pittsburgh, USA


	PLEASE REPLY TO "fmgst+@pitt.edu" NOT THIS ACCOUNT. THANK YOU.

	Greetings. Went out on a limb and bought a Jeanie's Teenie I.
	Wings & empenage have been already rebuilt. Cockpit & front 
	gear (this is a tricicle) need SERIOUS help - but that's not
	why I'm writing ;-)

	I also got a VW 1500 engine with it. It has 50 hours on it and
	comes with a HAPI (Homebuilt Aircraft Products International)
	booklet titled "How to build a reliabale volks aero engine"
	and all the parts necessare for the conversion - less the
	turbocharger which I would not install even if I did get it ;-)

	About the same time as the front landing gear got CRUNCHED
	during a wind gust, the carburator was reduced to ashes ;-)
	Does anyone know what carb I can use with this engine. I will
	post a more detailed account (such as which type & # this engine
	is and what slipped throught the bottom of the cartoon before I
	got it :-) The plane was designed for a gravity-feed gas tank
	so please take that into account... If we add an electrical 
	system - most likely just a battery that we recharge before
	the flight (this being a "Sunday plane" :-) - I may add either
	a primary (!!) or at least a backup fuel system (mainly because
	fuel supply is all we can control when the engine dies (!!) since
	there isn't enough space for an engine starter...and milling of
	the prop lasts only so long :-)

	QUESTION:

	The Tel number in the HAPI manual is disconnected. The address
	given is:

	Homebuilt Aircraft Products International
	Hangar 4, Calexico Intl. Airport 
	Box 5951 
	Calexico, CA. 92231
	
	(FYI this book was written in 1979)

	Is there anyone local who can get me a number for the airport, or
	better yet, knows if ANY of these people are still in business

	There is also a little note under the address that may be of
	interest to others (provided these folks are still around):

	"All of the parts and services described in this book plus
	 many more, from the most basic parts to complete ready to
	 install turbo-charged engines and instruments, are avaliable
	 from H.A.P.I. Our 40 page catalog of parts and accessories
	 is $3.00 ($5.00 over-seas, refundable on $25.00 purchase)."

	The names of the people mentioned in "Acknowledgement" are:

	Author: Rex Taylor His wife: Phyllis His son: Partick 
	His daughter-in-law: Robin Photographer: Dannis Schwettmann.

	I would really appreciate any help that anyone can provide.
		
	Please e-mail your reples to "fmgst+@pitt.edu" or post them!

	Take care.

	PLEASE REPLY TO "fmgst+@pitt.edu" NOT THIS ACCOUNT. THANK YOU.
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Teenie serial# 1: all-Al, 285lb, low-wing, 53 hp, 120 knts, experimental plane!!