REFLECTOR: Supercharger

[Jack Sheehan]

>I spoke with a guy at Forcedaeromotive about their supercharger. 
>They have an installation that is STC'd on Cessna 182's . 
>Continental engines. I asked about their plans for an IO-540. He 
>told me they have done a prototype on an IO-360 but that the 
>installation would be similar on the 540. They use a belt to drive a 
>shaft that runs along the side of the engine above the intake 
>manifold  pipes to run the supercharger at the rear of the engine. 
>You can check out their web site at 
>http://www.forcedaeromotive.com/. They claim 5000 ft of altitude and 
>only 4% power requirement. They said it would be sometime next year 
>for a system to evolve.

Jack
N55XL