X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from eastrmfepo203.cox.net ([68.230.241.218] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4c3j) with ESMTP id 4948349 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:17:24 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.218; envelope-from=tmann@n200lz.com Received: from eastrmimpo01.cox.net ([68.1.16.119]) by eastrmfepo203.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20110416201650.MSEA32702.eastrmfepo203.cox.net@eastrmimpo01.cox.net> for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:16:50 -0400 Received: from DSS03 ([98.168.254.7]) by eastrmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id YLGj1g0040ALyG202LGjXJ; Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:16:50 -0400 X-CT-Score: NA X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=Bnpb4GFFHmxHbnugVe6AhTieCXSJHGjj7jZaTnsJi/Y= c=1 sm=1 a=3HmiCx4WbLgA:10 a=MMg-9RIa7iIA:10 a=u3n+HnEbI1wdzZeyJY7NnA==:17 a=bkn_FWwXu8d2ozv40qoA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=DD352op0F59P54ZWaUUA:9 a=R-nh3MOdJftFrdcwSpcA:7 a=u3n+HnEbI1wdzZeyJY7NnA==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Message-ID: From: "Thomas Mann" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: Mistral Intake Documentation? Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:16:29 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0035_01CBFC49.42C303C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3508.1109 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V15.4.3508.1109 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01CBFC49.42C303C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I talked with Mistral about two years ago and they said they had stopped = selling parts. They claimed that the new intakes would not work on a = standard 20B. I think it was more about not wanting to deal with =E2=80=98the little = guy.=E2=80=99=20 I don=E2=80=99t really expect anything to ever come out of Mistral at = this point. Perhaps the company will go into bankruptcy and can then be = picked up by a serious developer (on the cheap.) I think they have a quality product .... it=E2=80=99s just the time to = market issue. Even Lycoming has an =E2=80=9CExperimental=E2=80=9D version of their = engine. ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01CBFC49.42C303C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I talked with Mistral about two years ago and they said they had = stopped=20 selling parts. They claimed that the new intakes would not work on a = standard=20 20B.

I think it was more about not wanting to deal with =E2=80=98the = little guy.=E2=80=99

I don=E2=80=99t really expect anything to ever come out of Mistral = at this point.=20 Perhaps the company will go into bankruptcy and can then be picked up by = a=20 serious developer (on the cheap.)

I think they have a quality product .... it=E2=80=99s just the time = to market=20 issue.

Even Lycoming has an =E2=80=9CExperimental=E2=80=9D version of = their=20 engine.

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