[Wing] Jabiru 180 HP in Production

[Tedd McHenry]

By the way, I've just noticed something interesting about the Jabiru engine I
never noticed before.  It has the camshaft mounted below the crankshaft, per
Continental, but it doesn't have the Continental cross-flow heads (i.e. no
intake manifold on the top).  That seems to combine the best of both
worlds--the Continental's superior camshaft lubrication but with air intake on
the bottom like a Lycoming.

I'm guessing they achieved this with angled rocker arms, which implies
stud-mounted rockers instead of shaft-mounted.  Anybody have any details on
that?  How is it done on the smaller Jabirus?  If they have stud-mounted roller
rockers they will have a very bulletproof top end.

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Tedd McHenry
Van's Air Force
Western Canada Wing
tedd at vansairforce.org
www.vansairforce.org