REFLECTOR: First Flight For EPS Diesel Engine

[Don Johnston]

I'm guessing (hoping) that since it's in a Cirrus that it would have 310hp
or at least something close.



On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Darrell & Nora Kufalk <kufalk at wi.rr.com>wrote:

> No mention of horsepower.
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> *From:* Reflector [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] *On Behalf Of *Richard
> J. Gentil
> *Sent:* Friday, May 16, 2014 9:45 AM
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> *Subject:* REFLECTOR: First Flight For EPS Diesel Engine
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> *Things are looking bright in the alternative engine scene. *
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> *Do watch the video I linked at the bottom of the article. - Richard*
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> http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/First-Flight-For-EPS-Diesel-Engine222010-1.html
> First Flight For EPS Diesel Engine
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> By Mary Grady<http://www.avweb.com/db/fdc.collector?client_id=avweb&form_id=maileditform&link_id=72>, Contributing editor | May 14, 2014
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> Calling it a "new paradigm in aviation propulsion," test pilot Dick Rutan
> completed the first flight of the quiet new Graflight V-8 diesel engine
> from the Mojave airport, on May 2. The engine was installed in a modified
> Cirrus SR22. The test flight took about 20 minutes, staying at altitudes
> 5,000 feet and less. The team plans to test-fly the engine for 40 hours
> over the next three months, then fly it to EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh for a
> public debut in July. The engine is controlled by a single power lever, and
> is designed with rugged technologies that will expand time between
> overhauls to 3,000 hours, the company says. It can be fueled with Jet-A,
> JP-8, or straight diesel.
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> Throughout the testing phase, EPS said it will monitor 80 different
> channels of data on the engine, focusing mainly on pressures and
> temperatures of oils and coolants, and closely monitoring intake and
> cooling air. The engineers also will check drivetrain vibrations,
> horsepower, and fuel economy in flight. At the end of the test phase, EPS
> hopes to have proven definitively that the fuel savings recorded in over
> 500 hours of ground testing is equaled or greater in actual flight. Work on
> the pilot-engine interface will be managed by Dick Rutan. The project was
> launched<http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/New_Diesel_Aircraft_Engine_203711-1.html>by a Wisconsin firm in 2010. The company says it expects the engine to be
> certified in 2016.
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> http://youtu.be/F5VqCRV5GSE
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