REFLECTOR: First Flight For EPS Diesel Engine

[Alex Balic]

Any mention of price?

 

From: Reflector [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Richard J.
Gentil
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 9:40 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: First Flight For EPS Diesel Engine

 

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>
wrote:

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-Engine22201
0-1.html


First Flight For EPS Diesel Engine


By
<http://www.avweb.com/db/fdc.collector?client_id=avweb&form_id=maileditform&
link_id=72> Mary Grady , 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.

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
<http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/New_Diesel_Aircraft_Engine_203711-1.ht
ml> launched 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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