REFLECTOR: First Flight For EPS Diesel Engine

[Matt Bucko]

A bit portly
Matt
On 5/18/2014 9:34 AM, Brian Michalk wrote:
> I'm surprised nobody has commented on the installed weight.
>
> On 05/16/2014 09:40 PM, Richard J. Gentil wrote:
>> The horsepower is 350hp on 10gph.
>>
>> Richard
>>
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>> On May 16, 2014, at 6:52 PM, "Darrell & Nora Kufalk" 
>> <kufalk at wi.rr.com <mailto:kufalk at wi.rr.com>> wrote:
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>>> First Flight For EPS Diesel Engine - AVweb flash Article
>>>
>>> No mention of horsepower.
>>>
>>> *From:*Reflector [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] *On Behalf Of 
>>> *Richard J. Gentil
>>> *Sent:* Friday, May 16, 2014 9:45 AM
>>> *To:* Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>>> *Subject:* REFLECTOR: First Flight For EPS Diesel Engine
>>>
>>> */Things are looking bright in the alternative engine scene. /*
>>>
>>> */Do watch the video I linked at the bottom of the article. - Richard/*
>>>
>>> */
>>> /*http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/First-Flight-For-EPS-Diesel-Engine222010-1.html
>>>
>>>
>>>   First Flight For EPS Diesel Engine
>>>
>>> By Mary Grady 
>>> </db/fdc.collector?client_id=avweb&form_id=maileditform&link_id=72> 
>>> , Contributing editor | May 14, 2014
>>>
>>> <~WRD000.jpg>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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 
>>> </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.
>>>
>>> http://youtu.be/F5VqCRV5GSE
>>>
>>>
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