REFLECTOR: First Flight For EPS Diesel Engine

[Brian Michalk]

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.
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> 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. /*
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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
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>>   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
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>> <~WRD000.jpg>
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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 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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