Hi, Paul....I thought you might find this interesting.  Delta Hawk
reportedly just had their first flight, and are getting ready to deliver
engines to those on the waiting list....Sounds like they haven't even found
out how long the engine will last.....If it flys once, sell it?     Paul
Conner.....dedicated rotary enthusiast.

I totally agree. Lots of  Chevy V8's including the Orenda have flown 
and where are they now? Packard built an aircraft diesel in 1931 and what
happened to it? Junkers built many diesel aircraft engines in WW II and where
are they now? Renault recently built a diesel, flew it but where is it now? Continental
got 10 million dollars of our tax money, displayed few wooden mockups and where
is it now? Delta Hawk needs to comes up with many thousands of dollars
to test several engines to 2000 hours TBO. I'll believe it when I see it.
The Delta Hawk is based on the roots blown GM V6 to V12 two cycle diesel 
design which GM no longer makes. It should work if they designed it right. 
However I suspect the fuel consumption of the Delta Hawk engine will be higher 
than any four cycle diesel negating the diesel advantage.

Paul Lamar
 
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