C182 / SMA Jet Fuel Engine?

Mike wrote:

Is there any information available about the new SMA jet fuel engines
that are being offered for the C182?

Prowl around http://www.smaengines.com .

I'm curious if maintenance would be much of an issue. Are there many
shops that can handle working on them?

Not in the U.S.. There's only one or two 182s flying with that engine in the
States. The French STC was granted only last July, and the company doesn't
expect the FAA to grant an STC until later this year.

Is it a replace only like the Centurion 1.7 on the Diamond airplanes?
Or can it be overhauled to get flying again?

They're targeting a 3,000 hour TBO. Since they use the term TBO, not TBR, it
seems the company intends to support overhauls.

Cost for an annual?

As much as you have. :-)
Seriously, SMA claims maintenance costs will be lower than gas. Since that tends
to be true of diesels, they're probably right.

How would they perform at high altitudes? - Colorado rockies region for
example.

Should be about the same as a turbocharged gas engine of similar torque.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

("George Patterson" wrote)
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Is there any information available about the new SMA jet fuel engines
that are being offered for the C182?

Prowl around http://www.smaengines.com .


For others, more than for the OP, who already knows this:.

http://www.centurion-engines.com/c17/c17_retro.htm
295 lb engine (incl. all accessories for operation)

Looks like FAA approval 'for all, not just a few' is just around the
corner - maybe.

http://www.dieselair.com/
Found this too


Montblack

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Mike wrote:

Is there any information available about the new SMA jet fuel engines
that are being offered for the C182?

Prowl around http://www.smaengines.com .

I'm curious if maintenance would be much of an issue. Are there many
shops that can handle working on them?

Not in the U.S.. There's only one or two 182s flying with that engine in
the
States. The French STC was granted only last July, and the company doesn't
expect the FAA to grant an STC until later this year.

Is it a replace only like the Centurion 1.7 on the Diamond airplanes?
Or can it be overhauled to get flying again?

They're targeting a 3,000 hour TBO. Since they use the term TBO, not TBR,
it
seems the company intends to support overhauls.

Cost for an annual?

As much as you have. :-)
Seriously, SMA claims maintenance costs will be lower than gas. Since that
tends
to be true of diesels, they're probably right.

How would they perform at high altitudes? - Colorado rockies region for
example.

Should be about the same as a turbocharged gas engine of similar torque.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your
neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

Yea, and put a turbo on that Diesel Engine get better performance and better
fuel economy

Put a bio-diesel kit on it and you can fly almost for free.
Startup on the ramp and everyone will wonder where the Chinese
restaurant is.

A coworker has a diesel pickup with a 150 gallon tank in the bed (20
mpg, 3000 miles per fillup). He hasn't bought fuel in the past year. He
goes to oriental restaurants and dumpster dives for the used oil. He
filters it and adds it to his tank.

john smith wrote:
Put a bio-diesel kit on it and you can fly almost for free.
Startup on the ramp and everyone will wonder where the Chinese
restaurant is.

A coworker has a diesel pickup with a 150 gallon tank in the bed (20
mpg, 3000 miles per fillup). He hasn't bought fuel in the past year. He
goes to oriental restaurants and dumpster dives for the used oil. He
filters it and adds it to his tank.

Somehow always driving around with a half ton of fuel seems
counterproductive in a number of ways.

--
Jim Pennino

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("john smith" Wrote)
Put a bio-diesel kit on it and you can fly almost for free.
Startup on the ramp and everyone will wonder where the Chinese
restaurant is.

A coworker has a diesel pickup with a 150 gallon tank in the bed (20
mpg, 3000 miles per fillup). He hasn't bought fuel in the past year. He
goes to oriental restaurants and dumpster dives for the used oil. He
filters it and adds it to his tank.


That's a GreaseCar. BioDiesl is something else, although the two terms are
trying to merge.

http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/d...s/default.shtm
BioDiesel

http://www.greasecar.com/index.cfm
GreaseCar - These need to be started (and stopped) running 'non-grease'
diesel fuel.


MontBlack

NW_PILOT wrote:

Yea, and put a turbo on that Diesel Engine get better performance and better
fuel economy

Uh ... Just what do you think that is hanging under the engine?

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.