Who knew that Porsche made plane engines?

[Paul]

Mooney used a Porsche motor for awhile:

Mooney PFM (Porsche Flug Motor)

[jb92563]

Limbach aircraft engines are made from aircooled Porsche engine parts and vw parts.

Ifly with a 2000cc Limbach.

[Ian c]

Originally Posted by jb92563

Limbach aircraft engines are made from aircooled Porsche engine parts and vw parts.

Ifly with a 2000cc Limbach.

16v twin plug ??

[Johnny Danger]

I have one.

[jb92563]

Originally Posted by Ian c

16v twin plug ??

Nope, 12v single plug in a Grob 109

[shadrach74]

Originally Posted by Paul

Mooney used a Porsche motor for awhile:

Mooney PFM (Porsche Flug Motor)

As a teen, I recall drooling on the pages of my flying magazine when I learned that the new Mooney PFM included a 1yr lease of a 911! I'm 39 now and have a non-porsche Mooney and a non-911 Porsche, but I think the teenage me would be totally stoked on both.

The Porsche Aero engine turned out not to be as great as touted and Porsche did everything they could to remove them from the market. I believe all of the flying PFM Mooneys have been retro fitted with Cont/Lyc engines... Porsche stopped supporting the engines long ago in an effort to limit liability...