No Dave. I don't think I did but sometimes people get offended at what
appears
to me to be an innocuous statement :)

As a matter of fact I just got back from Florida and I spoke with
Peter Pierpoint at
Embray Riddle U on Wednesday morning about the ongoing flight testing
of the rotary.
He told me the development lab in Switzerland was seeing 170 HP from
the engine
burning heavy fuel. He also said they were working on a turbo
tachometer using
a Hall effect sensor to get a handle of the turbo failure problem.
Peter said the next step is take the airplane up to 20,000 feet to
check
the drive system  vibration characteristic for Hartzel propellors.
They failed one turbo but it was repaired for $660. They also bought a
T4 turbo
from Kelly Air and Space formerly known as Turbonetics.

BTW Peter also did the installation and development work on the
Renault AC
diesel at the same facility.

Paul Lamar

If they can sell a certified heavy fuel 13B with aluminum side housings
that gets 170 HP, they are going to sell a lot of them.  Do you ask if
that number was turbo or NA?

Hans

I suspect that is turbo Hans.

Paul Lamar
 
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