Power Plant Options

Surplus Military Engines
Keith Rowell Design

The small homebuilt airplane crowd are fond of this engine because it's aircooled among other things ( details ). It's $800, I think a better choice would be a motorcycle engine. I'm sure we an find something suitable for less. But I think we should definitely have an electric starter.

A 10 to 20hp motor for lawnmowers and such are very heavy compared to the same hp motorcycle engine. There's a motorcycle salvage yard in Tifton Ga. that claims to be the world's largest. http://www.stevescyclesalvage.com/index.html

I'm thinking an ATV or small street bike motor would be ideal.