REFLECTOR: aircraft engines

[Scott Derrick]

Yeah, Yeah thats it fer sure....

Checks in the mail!!  ;-)

Scott

Chuck Jensen wrote:
> Scott,
>
> You obviously need an Affordable Turbine Power (ATP) unit.  Please send
> the deposit to me and I will hold it until the unit is ready to deliver
> :-).
>
> Chuck Jensen
> Do Not Archive
>  
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]
>>     
> On
>   
>> Behalf Of Scott Derrick
>> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 11:27 PM
>> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: aircraft engines
>>
>> still waiting for the $10,000, 300HP,  turbine, that uses 10GPH!!!
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> Douglas Holub wrote:
>>     
>>> I'm not an engine guy at all. That's one reason the Deltahawk
>>>       
> appealed
>   
>>> to me-- the factory test platform was a Velocity, so I wouldn't have
>>> to engineer the firewall forward stuff.  30% improved fuel economy,
>>> half the moving parts, no ignition system, good torque at low rpms,
>>> smaller size, all motivated me to go with the Deltahawk diesel. But
>>>       
> 5
>   
>>> years ago the price for the non-intercooled version was $18,000.
>>>       
> Today
>   
>>> the 200 hp version is $32,500. And you lose the size advantage when
>>> you add two or three radiators. So I've been considering other
>>>       
> options.
>   
>>> Lycoming-type engines have improved a lot in the past 5 years.
>>> Dynamically balanced parts, improved lubrication, optimized air
>>> induction, and solid state ignition. And there's some healthy
>>> competition in the experimental Lycoming look-alike market. That
>>>       
> Titan
>   
>>> IOX-340 is rated 185 hp continuous, and has the size and weight and
>>> fuel economy of an IO-320.
>>>
>>> I'm probably still a year away from installing an engine, so I'll
>>>       
> wait
>   
>>> and see what's available next summer. I'm just glad I didn't get rid
>>> of my Lycoming engine mount yet.
>>>
>>> Doug Holub
>>> Standard top-door w/ electric nose lift, 50% done
>>>
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