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"The AR682R aero-engine has been developed to power UAVs which require up
to 120 bhp. It is based on the proven AR642 core engine which was designed to
meet UK CAA / European JAR-E and US FAA FAR-33 certifications for manned
flight."
Too bad someone here doesn't have connections with their sales
department. Their engines appear to be ready to bolt on and go
fly. They even have dynafocal mounts.
Hi
Mark,
Yeah, it just
eats my heart out that these engines exists, and we can't buy them them
:-(
I imagine
there are a number of reasons, with liability being on the top of the list as
usual. A close second is probably avoiding the hassle of
dealing with individuals. I'm sure it's much easier to sell pallets full
of these to some gov contractor, who has their own technical support
group. I'm also guessing that it's more profitable to sell to gov
contract customers than homebuilders.
Maybe what we
need is a third party company. The UAV folks could sell their pallets of
engines to this company, and support only that company. The new company
"Mark's HomeDrone Engine Supply" would would then "convert" these
engines for use with manned aircraft, and sell them to homebuilders. Then
again, the engines may be 30 grand apiece, and have a TBO of 250
hours...
Rusty (it's
just not
fair...)
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