richard.goode(at)russiana
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 Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:55 am Post subject: High Powered Engines |
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Higher Powered Engines
As I have said before, there is only one way to measure comparative power, and that is on properly calibrated and compensated dynamometer.
I suspect that I know more than most about the Russian High Powered engines - indeed I have spent quite a lot of time watching 14R and M9F engines on the test bed.
The blue engine in the picture is the fuel injected version of the M9F. I have seen it give 465hp, and clearly it could give more. However the system is not available for sale as yet.
The real problem is that the Russians will only use domestic equipment - although I have supplied an Airflow fuel injection system for them to assess - it was not as good as their full electronic fuel injection, which one might anticipate.
Conversely, the restricted size of the carburettor, is, in itself, a limitation as to what power can be obtained by a carburettored engine.
In terms of availability, as I have been saying for some years, now that the stock of engines that had been lying around at Russian airfields and factories has almost been used up, it is inevitable that the supply becomes more restricted, and by implication prices higher.
Additionally, for those buying in the US Dollar, the simple fact is that the US Dollar has gone from 95 cents to the Euro to $1.55 and you can be absolutely sure that the Russians price everything today in Euro, and not Dollars. Indeed the Dollar has depreciated rapidly against the Russian Rouble, and so the price of anything, in Dollar terms, of this sort must go up dramatically.
Also the price should be compared to a geared and supercharged Lycoming, rather than to a straight IO-540.
Richard Goode Aerobatics
Rhodds Farm
Lyonshall
Herefordshire
HR5 3LW
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1544 340120
Fax: +44 (0) 1544 340129
www.russianaeros.com
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