I saw this item about Subaru engines on the rec.aviation.homebuilt usenet
newsgroup and thought it might be of interest to the Europa community.
Although it doesn't offer a solution to problems, at least there's a clue
about where to start looking.
From: "Bruce A. Frank" <BAFRANKMailBlock=C6@worldnet.att.net>
>Newsgroups: rec.aviation.homebuilt
>Subject: Homebuilt Insurance
>Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 15:44:51 -0800
>
>There was mention in the Soob group about some problems with insurance
>for Soob powered homebuilts. I decided to go straight to the horse's
>mouth, so to speak, and called Avemco. The following is what I posted to
>the subscription group from what I had learned.
>
>Taking the lead from this discussion I called Avemco about coverage of
>homebuilt aircraft. I talked to Jim Nelson who is the writer for
>homebuilts. He told me that due to three engine out crashes, last year,
>of Soob powered homebuilts that Avemco will no longer provide hull
>insurance for the first 100 hours. This policy applies to Soobs, and all
>other V-6 and V-8 aero conversions and insurance coverage after 100 may
>not be available unless the engine was built by a commercial engine
>builder(such as Stratus). He said that from their investigation the
>failures appear to be related to coil failures. Seems that the coils
>quit when mounted in a high temperature location, but that when these
>enginnes were retrieved from the accident aircraft and placed on a test
>stand they ran just fine.
>
>VW engines (built by the commertial builders that Avemco recognizes)are
>exempt in the 100 hour non-coverage policy.
>
>
>I have not been in this Soob discussion group for very long and was
>unaware of these incidents and their impact on Avemco's insurance. Any
>comments?
>
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