"The AR682R aero-engine has been developed to power UAVs which
require up to 120 bhp. It is based on the proven AR642 core engine
which was designed to meet UK CAA / European JAR-E and US FAA FAR-33
certifications for manned flight."
Too bad someone here doesn't have connections with their sales
department. Their engines appear to be ready to bolt on
and go fly. They even have dynafocal mounts.
Hi Mark,
Yeah, it just eats my heart out that these engines exists, and we can't buy them them :-(
I imagine there are a
number of reasons, with liability being on the top of the list as
usual. A close second is probably avoiding
the hassle of dealing with individuals. I'm sure it's much
easier to sell pallets full of these to some gov contractor, who has
their own technical support group. I'm also guessing that
it's more profitable to sell to gov contract customers
than homebuilders.
Maybe what we need is a
third party company. The UAV folks could sell their pallets of
engines to this company, and support only that company. The new
company "Mark's HomeDrone Engine Supply" would would
then "convert" these engines for use with manned aircraft, and
sell them to homebuilders. Then again, the engines may be 30
grand apiece, and have a TBO of 250 hours...
Rusty (it's just not fair...)