Enjoyed your article in Kitplanes,  I work for s  Detroit diesel
facility and on our new dd15 engines we are using turbo-compound,  the
compounding off the turbo goes through fluid drive to trans, adding 50
hp.  Realize the engine is a bit heavy for a kit plane at 2500 lbs., and
this technology may give one a starting point.  The fuel mileage has
gone up approx 2 to 2.5 miles per gallon, On a Semi Truck this is big.
The average semi is license for 80,000 lbs so to get an extra 600 miles
out of the same fuel tanks is a big deal. Most semis us two 150 gallon
tanks total 300 and usable about 270 gallons.  Maybe some of your
readers and associates might investigate and watch and see how the
technology is working. Getting more out of the same resource is usually
better.


Thanks

Dale  McKinney.


Thank you Dale.

How are sales going world wide including Daimler engines?

What do you do at Detroit Diesel?

You guys did an excellent job of engineering this engine.

Yes I know about DD15 in fact I uploaded this stuff to Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luoUHrX6DeQ

Here is my collection of tech info on the DD15 so far.
Do you have any other tech data you can share? SAE paper?
I am curious about how much kinetic energy is lost across
the exhaust valve.

I don't suppose you want to be on the newsletter
or do you? :)

Paul Lamar