Sun, Apr 11, 2010
Taking Pre-Orders For Experimental Engine Series
Mistral Engines has announced that the company has made
significant advancements in its efforts to receive the FAA
certification for its all-new, 300 horsepower, G-300 rotary
aircraft engine.
“We are extremely pleased with the progress that our
engineering and development team has made in recent months on the
G-300 engine,” said Philippe Durr, CEO, Mistral Engines.
“We have the engine mounted on a Maule MX-7 flight test
aircraft and it is currently undergoing ground power tests at our
U.S. base in DeLand, Florida.”
Durr also stated that, along with the pending flight tests, the
company’s engineering team is on the verge of successfully
finishing structural testing in the US. The company is also testing
extensively its proprietary Full Authority Digital Engine Control
(FADEC) system achieving very positive results so far. Engine
endurance tests are also scheduled to begin in the third-quarter of
this year.
The normally aspirated Mistral G-300 is a revolutionary three
rotor engine that is intended to bridge the performance,
reliability and cost gap between current piston and turbine
engines. The company says that the new engine series “will
deliver a responsible solution to the environmental, social and
economic challenges faced by general aviation in the 21st
century.”
The company reports it is seeing significant interest from
aircraft, helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
manufacturers around the world. “Because of our confidence
that we will receive FAA type certification for the G-300 within
the year, we will be accepting advanced delivery pre-orders for the
experimental version of both the G-200 and G-300 engines beginning
at AERO Friedrichshafen,” Durr said. “We are already in
active talks with a number of world-class aircraft overhaul
facilities about obtaining FAA Supplemental Type Certificates
(STC’s) for our engines on popular general aviation
aircraft.”
The company has also announced a strong presence at European and
U.S. trade shows for 2010. The Mistral Engines will have its
innovative rotary aircraft engines on display at AERO in
Friedrichshafen, EBACE in Geneva, EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh and
AOPA Aviation Summit.
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