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Group, I re-posted this thread witha different subject line as we had strayed far from the original ducted fan discussion.

Bill Jepson

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From: wrjjrs@aol.com
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:27:05 -0500
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: ducted fan

Yes Thomas,

I know they plan a turbo Jet-A version, but when I last e-mailed Francois he said they have the Jet-A normally aspirated version running. They may have moved on tho the turbo. The NA version will suffer a bit compared to the gas version since they can't up the compression enough to take full advantage of the fuel. Turbo this won't be a problem.

Bill Jepson (Nothing says I might not be several versions behind)

-----Original Message-----
From: rijakits <rijakits@cwpanama.net>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:41:13 -0500
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: ducted fan

Bill,

are we still talking about the Jet-A version?

Thomas J.

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From: wrjjrs@aol.com

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 6:19 PM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: ducted fan

Charlie,

Mistral plans on both a NA and turbo version. A turbo version should have a much higher overall efficiency. They are running a NA now.

Bill Jepson

-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie England <ceengland@bellsouth.net>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:59:20 -0600
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: ducted fan

wrjjrs@aol.com wrote:

>Jofarr,
>There is work going on, Mistral is running an engine on Jet A! Spark ignition heavy fuel engine, NOT Diesel. A very interesting project. The rest of us will be happy when 100LL leaves the scene.
>Bill Jepson
>

I've long been interested in this approach. Do they have useful info on their website? Is it NA or 'pumped'?

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