REFLECTOR: First Flight For EPS Diesel Engine

Don Johnston numa at comcast.net
Sun May 18 21:20:22 CDT 2014


200 additional pounds (over an IO550) that far aft would certainly make for
some interesting ground handling. :-)


On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Matt Bucko <mbuc310 at cox.net> wrote:

>  Somewhere on the website it listed something like 650#
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> Not sure if that includes all of the radiators, coolant, etc...
> Matt
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> On 5/18/2014 9:46 AM, Timothy Spear wrote:
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> I do not have the numbers handy, but the installed weight of the EPS was
> actually expected to be few pounds lighter then the Lycoming IO-540-U2A in
> my Aerostar. Both setup as 350HP engines.
>
> Tim
> On May 18, 2014 12:36 PM, "Brian Michalk" <michalk at awpi.com> wrote:
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>>  I'm surprised nobody has commented on the installed weight.
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>> On 05/16/2014 09:40 PM, Richard J. Gentil wrote:
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>> The horsepower is 350hp on 10gph.
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>>  Richard
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>> Sent from my iPhone 5 Classic
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>> On May 16, 2014, at 6:52 PM, "Darrell & Nora Kufalk" <kufalk at wi.rr.com>
>> wrote:
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>>   No mention of horsepower.
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>> *From:* Reflector [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org<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
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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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