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Ed,
I don't know a lot about the
DeltaHawk engine, but I think you may come to regret only putting a 200 hp
engine in an ES. Yes it'll fly, but takeoff, climb and cruise numbers will
be significantly lower. There's a reason the Cont IO-360 powered ES didn't
last very long.
Most flying ES's
have between 300 and 350 hp engines and I don't think you'll find any
of their owners out there wishing they had that much less power. It's like
the difference between a Cirrus SR-20 and SR-22 - completely different
class of performance. I've heard DeltaHawk is working on a 300 hp
engine. Since you have some time before you'll be buying a power plant for
your kit, I'd recommend you wait and see if that one is ready in time and
focus on it. In the meantime, I'd do some homework by contacting
anyone with a IO-360 powered ES, asking their thoughts and seeing if
you can fly in one. Then compare that to a 550 powered model. From
my standpoint, there's no comparison.
My .02,
Skip Slater
N540ES
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