DeltaHawk Diesel Engines

Title: DeltaHawk Diesel Engines Category: OEM Engine Manufactures Clicks: 4 Listing added: Oct 26, 2008 PageRank: 4/10

The company was founded in 1996 to develop a “clean sheet” compression-ignition engine for general aviation. A prototype engine first ran on a static Velocity airframe in January 1997. Engines (first a prototype and now pre-production engines) have been running on the DeltaHawk dynamometer since the end of June 2000. In addition to continuous monitoring of torque, rpm, oil pressure, coolant temperatures in and out of the engine, manifold pressure, exhaust gas pressure, exhaust gas temperature, crankcase pressure and fuel consumption, our data acquisition system can produce PV diagrams (combustion chamber pressure) and needle lift diagrams. Dyno tests of an R&D engine passed 5,000,000-10,000,000 cycles on rotating components in November 2001.

Other tests and analyses underway include fuel flow, power and torque curves, vibration and accelerometer tests, oil usage, endurance and systems optimization. Tests with a test trailer include simulated flight profiles of takeoff and cruise power settings. An engine was installed on a Velocity airframe and began ground testing in March 2003. First flight took place on May 3, 2003.

R&D engines for installation development projects were delivered in 2003 through 2005.

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