OEM Engine Manufactures

Detroit Diesel, Detroit Diesel Corporation, Detroit Diesel Corp, Detroit Diesel Company

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.

Deere & Company, founded in 1837 (collectively called John Deere), has grown from a one-man blacksmith shop into a corporation that today does business around the world and employs approximately 52,000 people. The company continues to be guided, as it has been since its beginning, by the core values exhibited by its founder: integrity, quality, commitment and innovation.

Case Construction equipment has been working on job sites throughout the world for over 150 years. Through various acquisitions and inventions, Case machinery has become a world-leader in many construction markets around the globe.

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