Mark Wrathall wrote:

Bill wrote

The reason I asked is That I saw a 2 stroke turb and supercharged

engine on

the net from ZOCHE in Germany. They will have 2,4 , and 8 cylinder

 radial

engines, hopefully certified by 2004 according to their web site ( I

have been

aware of them since 1988 ) but one never really knows. In their spec

section,

they state an intake manifold pressure of 87" Hg or roughly 3 bars.
Seems like very high pressure to me, but what do I know.

Bill

Don't hold your breath. They have been at OSH for the last ten
years and each year it will be available  next year. Vapor wear.
Last rumor I heard was they were scamming the Austrian or the German

Gov.

I just wonder where they come up with the money to attend
OSH with a booth each year. No visible means of support.

The big interest in aircraft diesel in Europe is tax policy.
They tax the hell out of auto fuel ($5 to $7 a gallon.) but not
diesel fuel as that would damage the economy.

We have something similar here in the states. If
you have a farmer friend you can get farm diesel fuel sans
the tax for your Czech PT6 copy turboprop engine for about
86 cents a gallon. Course that does not do you any good when
you are on a long cross country flight.

Paul Lamar

Yes , I know,,,saw them at OSH 1988, and 1990.

Hope springs eternal

bd

I had a talk with Micheal Zoche at the Paris Airshow back in 98. What a
"Unsympathler"! Really comes across as too arogant to consider selling an
engine to a mortal. He obviously knowns how to fleece the Bavarian
government. Shame Jürgen wasn't better at fleecing the tax-payer, or all the
trikes and UL's  would today be powered by subsidised wankels.

Zoche has been parading his pretty engine for 15 years. The guys at Thielert
produced and started shipping certified aero diesels in a couple of years.
(Regardless of what you think of an aero engine based on the A class merc,
and advertised with 125HP exceeding the performance of 160HP, at least it's
not vapor-ware).

Mark

 
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