Hit Avweb, can't find any specs on the TD300 but possible candidate for the RV-10?
http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/news/Continental_Extends_TBOs_208528-1.html
http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/news/Continental_Extends_TBOs_208528-1.html
...and it burns cheaper fuel which is available everywhere.
Isn't there a diesel option in the C-182 today? Or is that the "new" SMA engine, where as the Conti is the "old" SMA?
230 HP and burns 11 GPH, not much different than a hot IO-390 except it weighs 100 LB more. However, it will develop rated power to 12,500'.
It appears Continental has solved this by making a diesel without a PSRU, a true direct drive diesel. Way to go Continental.
Hi Kurt,
Thanks for the detailed update.
The Wilksch 4cyl really does look good on paper. I couldn't determine whether that ~350 lbs weight includes the radiator itself (it does seem to mention the oil cooler & intercooler).
I also didn't see the max altitude to maintain the 135HP rating. If it can maintain it up to 12-13k feet, it will eat a 180 HP Lyc alive.
Any idea on the answers to those questions? Has your 3cyl installation met their claimed numbers, based on your -9's actual performance?
Thanks,
Charlie
Renesis rotary RV-7 in progress
For the foreseeable future, and in light of a prop failure thread, the answer for any RV builder is not a recipe diesel, and my definition of foreseeable is 10+ years.
The only Diesel that even remotely interested me at OSH was the SMA C182 and even that I would fly like a two stroke ultralight??over flat open fields and long runways.
Harsh words I know, but the CMI in the C172 really failed to impress me.
YMMV