REFLECTOR: First Flight For EPS Diesel Engine

[Matt Bucko]

Somewhere on the website it listed something like 650#

Not sure if that includes all of the radiators, coolant, etc...
Matt


On 5/18/2014 9:46 AM, Timothy Spear wrote:
>
> 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 
> <mailto:michalk at awpi.com>> wrote:
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>     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
>>
>>     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 <mailto:kufalk at wi.rr.com>> wrote:
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>>>     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
>>>     <http://www.avweb.com/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
>>>     <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.
>>>
>>>     http://youtu.be/F5VqCRV5GSE
>>>
>>>
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