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The last I heard the engine started in the $60's . I really just don't understand this mentality....perhaps very good engineers with maybe too much pride in their work not understanding the market and/or marketing. Perhaps investors expecting
too much too soon. While I understand they must make a return on the investment, they should not expect to get it all back in only a few sales (yeah, I know it takes more than that). However, they have, IMAO, alienated what could be a primary
market. Seems they could sell (possible with Mazda parts to the non certified experimental market) a decent number at a price in the teens, get some flying and proven.
I fear that they will not survive with this kind of pricing and the common aviator will see it as a failure of the rotary and not, again, IMAO, a bad business plan. I have followed Mistral and cringed with most of the company announcements . Delays,
price hikes, staffing cut backs, etc. I know it is common in this kind of industry, but it seems they do not learn from those that have gone before. Pity.
I am grateful that I was able to get their intake but I think it was just lucky timing that we actually got one.
All the best,
Chris Barber
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyrotary@lancaironline.net] on behalf of Thomas Mann [tmann@n200lz.com]
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 12:22 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: "Mistral" Advancements
….. think higher.
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]
On Behalf Of Dwayne Parkinson
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 12:19 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: "Mistral" Advancements
... and is expected to sell for ??? $40-50K
From: Kelly Troyer <keltro@att.net>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Mon, April 12, 2010 9:19:00 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] "Mistral" Advancements
Perhaps of interest to the more well heeled of our little Rotary Group!!..........
Mistral Moves Toward Certification Of 300HP Multi-Fuel Rotary Engine Taking
Pre-Orders For Experimental Engine Series
Mistral Engines has announced that the company has made
significant advancements in its efforts to receive the FAA
certification for its all-new, 300 horsepower, G-300 rotary
aircraft engine.
"We are extremely pleased with the progress that our
engineering and development team has made in recent months on the
G-300 engine," said Philippe Durr, CEO, Mistral Engines.
"We have the engine mounted on a Maule MX-7 flight test
aircraft and it is currently undergoing ground power tests at our
U.S. base in DeLand, Florida."
Durr also stated that, along with the pending flight tests, the
company's engineering team is on the verge of successfully
finishing structural testing in the US. The company is also testing
extensively its proprietary Full Authority Digital Engine Control
(FADEC) system achieving very positive results so far. Engine
endurance tests are also scheduled to begin in the third-quarter of
this year.
The normally aspirated Mistral G-300 is a revolutionary three
rotor engine that is intended to bridge the performance,
reliability and cost gap between current piston and turbine
engines. The company says that the new engine series "will
deliver a responsible solution to the environmental, social and
economic challenges faced by general aviation in the 21st
century."
The company reports it is seeing significant interest from
aircraft, helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
manufacturers around the world. "Because of our confidence
that we will receive FAA type certification for the G-300 within
the year, we will be accepting advanced delivery pre-orders for the
experimental version of both the G-200 and G-300 engines beginning
at AERO Friedrichshafen," Durr said. "We are already in
active talks with a number of world-class aircraft overhaul
facilities about obtaining FAA Supplemental Type Certificates
(STC's) for our engines on popular general aviation
aircraft."
The company has also announced a strong presence at European and
U.S. trade shows for 2010. The Mistral Engines will have its
innovative rotary aircraft engines on display at AERO in
Friedrichshafen, EBACE in Geneva, EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh and
AOPA Aviation Summit.
FMI: www.mistral-engines.com
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Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
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