General Info:

Link to Subaru E6 Pictorial Guide

Apr 2007
I am strongly leaning towards the Eggenfellner Subaru package for the Sportsman. They have a nice 6 cyl package that is about 200 HP in a non-turbo package, and about 220 HP for the turbo version. Information about their packages can be found on their web site at http://www.eggenfellneraircraft.com/
Here are some pictures taken at Sun-n-Fun 2007:


25 Sep 2007
I've placed the order for my engine!!! It is supposed to be delivered in the June/July 2008 timeframe.

Jun 2008
My engine was scheduled to arrive in June 2008. Jan Eggenfellner called me in May to tell me that it was ready to ship. Of course, at this time I was smack dab in the middle of moving from NC to Maine, and had absolutely nowhere to put an engine. Jan completely understood, and rescheduled my engine delivery for the next batch to be shipped in Dec 2008, for which I am very grateful.

Dec 2008
Jan contacted me and asked if it were okay to ship my engine at the end of January instead of in December. Considering he had given me an extra 6 months, I had no problem returning the favor and saying that it was fine. Best estimate is that the engine will ship the third week of January. I'm very excited!

Jan 2009
I've seen a lot of posts lately that seem to be from people not familiar with the Subaru claiming it is "more expensive, heavier, slower, less reliable", etc. However, when asked to provide actual data instead of opinion, not a single one has offered to do so. I am incredibly surprised that there seem to be a lot of people making decisions based on emotion or "I heard...".

I decided to conduct a study and do some research to see what the Real Story is backed by actual numbers with references to backup the numbers. The references are important so that others may replicate my data and check my work for accuracy.

Here is my study on the Weight Comparison between the Subaru and a Lycoming

So far, the data shows that the Subaru is a LOT less expensive than a Lycoming with comparable features, and the weight is just about the same as some configurations of the Lycoming.

Reliability will be shown over time, and there isn't much that I can do in the way of a study for this. I do know of at least two Subaru installations that both have over a thousand hours each. I'll try to gather information about them and post it.

That leaves the speed question. Once I have my airplane flying, I'll post performance data and try to compare against other Sportsman that have Lycoming engines, as well as other Sportsman that have Subaru installations.

11 Feb 2009
Santa arrived today in an Estes shipping truck. My engine arrived!



Feb 2009
I deconstructed the crate the engine arrived in, and built an engine stand. I hope to be able to run the engine on the stand for my local EAA Chapter.



05 Mar 2009
I've created a pictorial guide to the E6 package. The purpose of this guide is to provide a pictorial reference to the 2009 Eggenfellner E6 engine package, identifying the various parts and their locations on the engine as shipped from the factory. I hope this may help other newbies like myself to figure out what and where things are on the engine.
Please let me know if there are any errors, or other items that you think might be useful to include.
Link to Subaru E6 Pictorial Guide

28 Mar 2009 - 3.5 hrs
Mount Gen 3 PSRU to engine.



26 Apr 2009
First engine run!
Video in .3g2 format (ITunes)
The audio sync is a bit off on these two. Apparently they didn't convert well.
Video in .wmv format (Windows Media Player)
Video in .avi format (Quicktime)

08 May 2010
More engine runs. Higher quality video.
On test stand
On test stand - smaller version
Another run
Another run - smaller version