X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:52:32 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao104.cox.net ([68.230.241.42] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.14) with ESMTP id 3673474 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:51:04 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.42; envelope-from=bobaloof16@cox.net Received: from fed1rmimpo03.cox.net ([70.169.32.75]) by fed1rmmtao104.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20090606015030.YPDC17135.fed1rmmtao104.cox.net@fed1rmimpo03.cox.net> for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 21:50:30 -0400 Received: from RCGPC ([68.106.51.63]) by fed1rmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id 0RqV1c00B1MoxFo04RqVSb; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:50:29 -0400 X-VR-Score: 20.00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=Qn8MzZ1Y9lYA:10 a=hB_E1zrblSoA:10 a=Ia-xEzejAAAA:8 a=V4B05YJgAAAA:8 a=lkDLIkE4YP-hIAqLWNQA:9 a=uSO1Z_3Y7zM9fSRF2BEA:7 a=p8kovNy2bQ8BefR_8DJcnDKMQKUA:4 a=EzXvWhQp4_cA:10 a=ft967EEu7CK3-dox:21 a=_lt7iKHQG96FTufD:21 a=yMhMjlubAAAA:8 a=SSmOFEACAAAA:8 a=Tv_0DKrUnj1miMnfHZsA:9 a=T6pod5yoycwahql3ZHcA:7 a=9Ep7TGVkrtCGYD7FPEixamjF3a8A:4 a=W7GMV0WvW8v1982p:21 a=xv8ukA3-hwVM0GCT:21 X-CM-Score: 0.00 From: "Bob Rickard" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [LML] Lancair Evolution to test Lycoming FADEC X-Original-Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 18:50:33 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <049501c9e649$2df01680$89d04380$@net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0496_01C9E60E.81913E80" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcnmHEzgq29iCvABSDSr4/WTVeMMgQALLYFQ Content-Language: en-us This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0496_01C9E60E.81913E80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is there any talk about putting the new =93FADEC=94 engine on a IV-P? = And what do they think the IV would true out at? =20 Bob Rickard N619SJ =20 From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Liegner, MD Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 1:29 PM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: [LML] Lancair Evolution to test Lycoming FADEC =20 Lancair Evolution to test Lycoming FADEC By Alton K. Marsh The Lancair kitplane known, as Evolution, a blazingly fast form of transportation, first flew last year with a turbine engine, but now = it=B9s flown with a piston engine. The piston-powered Evolution flew for the first time in June and will = become the demonstration platform for Lycoming=B9s iE2 series of muscle piston engines once it completes 10 hours of flight. It needs 10 hours not = because it=B9s a new airplane, but because it needs to complete an aerodynamic = profile before the iE2 can be mounted on the airframe. The engine is run by a computer, and these tests are telling the computer exactly how the = airplane performs. Data is transmitted from the Lancair electronically for = Lycoming engineers to view. The first 10 hours will be done with the present Lycoming O-540 engine. = The iE2 engine, capable of generating continuous power of 350 hp or 400 hp during takeoff and climb, is already waiting at the Lancair plant in Redmond, Ore. Lancair will install it and test fly it a total of 40 = hours, a requirement for an aircraft that is experimental and powered by an experimental engine. The engine is currently available only for advanced experimental aircraft. After 40 hours, passengers may be carried. The agreement between Lancair and Lycoming calls for the aircraft to = become a Lycoming demonstrator for three years. Although Lycoming doesn=B9t = refer to the engine as FADEC (full authority digital engine controls), that=B9s basically what it is. There=B9s just a push button to start, a single = lever to go fast or slow, and a key switch to turn the engine off. Just how fast does it go? Speeds claimed by the manufacturer are 240 = KIAS with a fuel burn of 17 gph, or 250 to 260 KTAS with a fuel burn of 22 = gph. The company also reports a speed if you just want to shove the power = lever all the way forward, and that=B9s 270 KTAS. You can actually do that = without concern for damaging the engine, because the computer monitors and = manages each cylinder individually. By comparison, the turbine-powered Evolution goes 300 KTAS to 330 KTAS depending on which model of turbine engine you install. Yes, you have to build part of it by yourself. Construction begins with = a two-week stint at the factory during which most of the difficult work is completed. Following that, it can take six months of 40-hour weeks to complete the aircraft, but mechanics are allowed to help under kit = building FAA rules. What you can=B9t do is turn your back on the hangar and = return months later to find a completed aircraft. By the time the piston-engine Evolution is completed, you=B9ll have = about $600,000 in the project. For the turbine engine Evolution, the total = will be between $700,000 to $1 million. A new turbine engine can cost as much as $435,000, but less expensive used engines are available. =20 http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2009/090604lancair.html?WT.mc_id=3D= 09060 5epilot&WT.mc_sect=3Dgan ------=_NextPart_000_0496_01C9E60E.81913E80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lancair Evolution to test Lycoming FADEC

Is there any talk about putting the new = “FADEC” engine on a IV-P?=A0 And what do they think the IV would true out = at?

 

Bob Rickard

N619SJ

 

From:= Lancair = Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Liegner, = MD
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 1:29 PM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Lancair Evolution to test Lycoming = FADEC

 

Lancair Evolution to test Lycoming = FADEC

By Alton K. Marsh

The = Lancair kitplane = known, as Evolution, a blazingly fast form of transportation, first flew last year = with a turbine engine, but now it=B9s flown with a piston engine.
The piston-powered Evolution flew for the first time in June and will = become the demonstration platform for Lycoming=B9s iE2 series of muscle piston engines once it = completes 10 hours of flight. It needs 10 hours not because it=B9s a new airplane, = but because it needs to complete an aerodynamic profile before the iE2 can be = mounted on the airframe. The engine is run by a computer, and these tests are = telling the computer exactly how the airplane performs. Data is transmitted from the Lancair electronically for Lycoming engineers to view.
The first 10 hours will be done with the present Lycoming O-540 engine. = The iE2 engine, capable of generating continuous power of 350 hp or 400 hp = during takeoff and climb, is already waiting at the Lancair plant in Redmond, = Ore. Lancair will install it and test fly it a total of 40 hours, a = requirement for an aircraft that is experimental and powered by an experimental engine. = The engine is currently available only for advanced experimental aircraft. = After 40 hours, passengers may be carried.
The agreement between Lancair and Lycoming calls for the aircraft to = become a Lycoming demonstrator for three years. Although Lycoming doesn=B9t refer = to the engine as FADEC (full authority digital engine controls), that=B9s = basically what it is. There=B9s just a push button to start, a single lever to go fast = or slow, and a key switch to turn the engine off.
Just how fast does it go? Speeds claimed by the manufacturer are 240 = KIAS with a fuel burn of 17 gph, or 250 to 260 KTAS with a fuel burn of 22 gph. = The company also reports a speed if you just want to shove the power lever = all the way forward, and that=B9s 270 KTAS. You can actually do that without = concern for damaging the engine, because the computer monitors and manages each = cylinder individually. By comparison, the turbine-powered Evolution goes 300 KTAS = to 330 KTAS depending on which model of turbine engine you install.
Yes, you have to build part of it by yourself. Construction begins with = a two-week stint at the factory during which most of the difficult work is completed. Following that, it can take six months of 40-hour weeks to = complete the aircraft, but mechanics are allowed to help under kit building FAA = rules. What you can=B9t do is turn your back on the hangar and return months = later to find a completed aircraft.
By the time the piston-engine Evolution is completed, you=B9ll have = about $600,000 in the project. For the turbine engine Evolution, the total = will be between $700,000 to $1 million. A new turbine engine can cost as much as $435,000, but less expensive used engines are = available.

 

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