Return-Path: Received: from imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.73] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2) with ESMTP id 389186 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 01 Sep 2004 20:45:20 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.73; envelope-from=ceengland@bellsouth.net Received: from bellsouth.net ([209.215.61.176]) by imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040902004446.HXYC1794.imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net@bellsouth.net> for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:44:46 -0400 Message-ID: <41366CF8.6060404@bellsouth.net> Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 19:44:40 -0500 From: Charlie England User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Mistral Engines for sale References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Russell Duffy wrote: > I wish them luck, but I'll be surprised if they sell too many engines > at those prices. I was critical of Powersports for pricing their > engine at $20+k, because it was the same price as a new Lycoming at > the time. Eventually, if the engine is proven to be everything they > claim, particularly wrt the 3000 hour TBO, they might sway some > Ly-Cont followers. > > FWIW, someone was just telling me about Innodyn turbines > (http://www.innodyn.com/aviation/products.html ). I think I'd > probably spend my $35k on one of those (if I had $35K to spend on a > new engine). > > Rusty (wondering if Mistral ever consulted any marketing people) You'd have to convert the RV-3 to giant scale RC model to carry enough fuel. Their rep at SNF told me their -4 is burning 14 GPH at 140 mph (about 80-90 hp). Charlie