Awhile back I saw a post or pictures of a Legacy Sonex that had been converted to just one seat. Can someone point me to that information. It’s hard to search single seat and not get only info on the …
Don’t you just need a center stick legacy aircraft? Then you can sit in the middle and use the outer rudder pedals. I think on the old forum somebody was talking about making singular rudder pedals and flying solo only.
Bryan,
I have all that, and do fly from the center. But I was just curious. I’ve had this Sonex “for-sale” but have not had any takers. I think I should start a new thread why.
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Joe Nelson did this. He scratch built a Sonex as a single seater before the Onex was on the market. You may want to try to get it contract with him.
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Hey Brock,
This statement is probably going to be controversial, but I’m going to speculate as to “why”. I think people have shied away from aircraft with VW conversions because of all the talk about problems with the engine heads. I hate to see these engines fall out of favor. I am trying to help in the only way I know how. That is, by developing an inexpensive fuel injection system that will keep the EGTs balanced and hopefully result in fewer burned valves due to one or two cylinders operating lean and over-temping.
Wes
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The legacy Sonex/Waiex used to have a “sport acro” version you could do that was a large, single seat with a center stick for doing acrobatics.
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As I recall we used to call sitting in the center with single center stick and feet on outer pedals, - Flying from the big Bubba position.
David A.
I remember John Davis flying his Sonex this way. For those that don’t know/remember John Davis, he started and ran the ASA(American Sonex Association) Fly-in’s at Crossville, TN. I still think it holds the record for most Sonex aircraft at a fly-in.
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Michael
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A friend of mine used to own the airplane in this link. https://youtu.be/ZfWorbG7g08?si=h9gaqi2yuoaS-LhX
He modified the cowl to enclose the heads, added a steerable tail wheel and differential brakes. I don’t know where it is now.
Bruce
Hello,
What is the record amount of Sonex aircraft at a gathering?
I’m just curious.
Thank you
N1472X
In 2010, we had 29 Sonex airplanes at the ASA Fly-in (old American Sonex Association) in Crossville, TN. Here’s a photo from the Sonex website…
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In 2011 we had 26 Sonex airplane at the ASA Fly-in. Boy I miss John Davis!
I keep searching the old records …and in 2013 we had 40 Sonex Aircraft registered for the ASA Fly-in. Check out… Sonex -- The Sport Aircraft Reality Check!
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Hey Michael!
Them were the great old days! When the first record was set at 29 I was there making my second flight with my Aerovee/Sonex trigear to the event. Tom Huebbe did a video:
At the end he included all the participants by photos:
I used to regularly fly center seat in that plane. But the sad truth is that this plane (in the center rear of the ASA photo with a yellow nose and tail tips) was the one recently destroyed when Ronald Jones crashed a few day ago ( I pray he is doing well). I sold it in 2012 to a gentleman in Vermont that sold it to Mr. Jones in 2015.
Later in 2013, I was again blessed to be in the record setting number of 40 Sonex aircraft attending ASA as you can see “Myunn,” my Corvair/Sonex, in the rear of the photo you posted earlier (with her big orange nose sticking in the air). It was my first long cross country after flight testing and the gear leg fairings were not yet installed.
Myunn travelled again to ASA in 2015. I flew along with Clarence Dunkerly with his 2850 Corvair powered Sonex after meeting up in Georgia.
I sure do miss John Davis and the rest of the great folks (including you) that were part of those wonderful events!
Dale
3.0 Corvair/Taildragger
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