Paul,

Do you have any current information on Mistral's certification
program? The latest date on their website says they expected
certification of the G300 in 2009....


Josh


They appear to be out of biz.

Paul Lamar --

No, they are not out of bizz.

They presented their engines ar Aerofrederichhafen

They have two 300hp engines, in airplane version and in helicopter
version and they have two 200hp engines, airplane and helico

They are on the experimental market. Certified version are on the
back burner for the time. Also frozen is the JETA engines, waiting
for funding.

With the limited funds they have, they struggle to survive and get
additional funding. It is their priority.

This info comes from a reliable source in Switzerland, who is one of
the founders of Mistral. Philippe CHENEVIER

Did you go to Aero this year?

Are they selling parts? Gear boxes? Exhaust parts? Intake manifolds?
Seems that is an excellent way of making money. Also the customers
are willing to test the parts for free.

Do you have an email address for them?

If there is no way to contact them... in effect... they are out of
biz.

Paul Lamar


There is a market in the US for the Mistral gear box constant speed
prop version in particular.

Philippe , do you know if they are still getting subsidies from the
Swiss government? Having received that money are they not allowed to
move the manufacturing out of Switzerland?

It would make economic sense to move the company to the US and the
manufacturing to China like everybody else.

Who is in charge of the company now?

Paul Lamar


Guys,

Chatted with someone at mistral last week.... They told me they won't sell just the parts.

It appears the want the whole package or nothing.

Not the greatest policy if you ask me. They have developed a great product and the PSRU is a work of art.
But not trying to make some money with the work they have done makes no sense.

Plan to go to Geneva in June to check out their operation

Will Failing

That is insane! Why pay them $30,000 for a engine that is not as good as a brand new $8,000 (retail) Mazda RX8 engine.

Let me know when they get a real businessman in charge :)

In the meantime forget Mistral.

Paul Lamar

Paul,

For me I need a PSRU with the ability to use a hydraulic (constant speed prop). To my knowledge mistral's is the only one.

I'm making one last ditch effort to try to get it.

Switzerland here I come

Will

Why not an electric constant speed? It works well on Mark Steitle' 3 rotor
Lancair ES.

Paul Lamar

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