REFLECTOR: Deltahawk engine

J.P. Brooks jp211 at comcast.net
Thu May 5 10:46:48 CDT 2005


A few hundred more hours and Doug will cut me loose but all looks good.
Info coming in from a UAV company is exceptionally great.
Wish I could say more.
JP


At 08:28 AM 5/5/2005, you wrote:
>Welcome Grigore,
>
>Congratulations on your project.  Best of luck and happy building to you!
>
>Deltahawk's J.P. Brooks is a member of the reflector and is a builder and
>friend to the Velocity Community.  I'm sure you can get all the answers you
>would want from him.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Andy
>
>------------------------------------
>
>P.S: J.P., are you any closer to the high DA challenge?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
>Behalf Of Grigore Rosu
>Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 11:02 AM
>To: reflector at tvbf.org
>Subject: REFLECTOR: Deltahawk engine
>
>
>I am perhaps the latest member of the list (just received the
>confirmation of my order for a Velocity SE/FG a few days ago), so please
>let me start with a warm hello to all the enthusiastic Velocity Builders!
>
>I am living and flying in Illinois (Champaign-Urbana area), but I am
>originally from Romania.  I intend to move back to Europe in a few years,
>so I am 99% decided to go for a Deltahawk engine (as you may all know, in
>Europe the price of AVGAS is prohibitive).  I am also very impressed with
>the latest comparison data between the DH160V4 engine and the Lycoming
>IO-360, so it looks like a DH engine may be a very good choice even for
>one flying one's Velocity all the time in the USA ... (see
>http://www.deltahawkengines.com/perfor00.shtml).
>
>Are there builders on this list who are seriously considering a DH engine?
>
>Can anybody comment a bit on the three possibile DH engines, namely the
>DH160V4, DH180V4, and DH200V4?  According to Deltahawk's data, a DH160V4
>sounds like just good enough for a Velocity SE/FG.  However, a DH180V4
>also seems very attractive.  Also, what would the REAL difference between
>the three engines be in the case of a Velocity SE/FG (ignoring the price)?
>
>Thank you,
>Grigore
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