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DeltaHawk Articles & News Clips
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EAA AirVenture 2011
Aviation International News
LoPresti Speed Merchants expects to receive an STC for
installation of a DeltaHawk diesel engine in the Cirrus SR20
early next year. The modification will include a new
LoPresti-designed cowl system, a new Hartzell propeller and
fuel system adapted to jet-A and biodiesel-type fuels.
For the SR20 program, said LoPresti
business manager RJ Siegel, “Our target is to outperform the
SR22 on two-thirds of the fuel consumption.” The STC will
include new performance parameters in the POH, he added.
Critical altitude of the DeltaHawk diesel is 18,000 feet.
LoPresti Speed Merchants has been
developing the new cowl system that will be used on the
diesel-powered SR20 for the past five years, according to
Siegel. The cowl system lowers total cooling drag by
two-thirds, he said. Air flows into the cowl through a “shark
mouth” underneath the propeller. The engine, cowl system, new
Hartzell propeller, fuel system modifications and installation
in the SR20 will cost less than $100,000.
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Dennis Webb, CEO of DeltaHawk engines,
re: Bill Brogdon’s interview of June 1st.
Dennis Webb writes: I appreciate my good friend Mr. Bill
Brogdon’s very favorable comments about the future of diesel
aviation, and we at DeltaHawk certainly concur with most of
his statements. However, we do need to correct some important
points. First, as DeltaHawk’s CEO, I can say with absolute
authority that his statement “DeltaHawk was sold to the
Chinese” is not accurate. DeltaHawk does have a deep business
relationship with Hunan Sunward, an outstanding business
partner and a company that will soon be proven to be one of
the leaders of General Aviation in China and the world. But
DeltaHawk has not been sold to any Chinese or other interests,
and remains a North American owned and operated business.
Second, we certainly agree with Bill Brogdon’s comments
regarding the technical challenges of two-stroke engines, and
that is one of the many reasons our development has taken
quite a number of years. But we have overcome those technical
challenges with proprietary, innovative technology, which will
be rolled out to the aviation world as we commence delivery of
production engines this year. We have just moved into our new
70,000 square foot headquarters, R&D, and production facility,
where we are gearing up for production and continually hiring
new staff as we work with the FAA to finalize certification.
We are also working on airframe projects with numerous key
partners, both civilian and military, that will become
production products in the near term. Again, we appreciate
Bill’s very positive comments about aviation diesels. We see a
very exciting future.
Dennis Webb, President and CEO, DeltaHawk Engines, Inc.
http://www.dieselair.com/2011/06/dennis-webb-ceo-of-deltahawk-engines.html |
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Preparing for takeoff
MICHAEL BURKE mburke@journaltimes.com
JournalTimes.com | Posted:
Saturday, July 16, 2011 10:37
Mark Hertzberg mhertzberg@journaltimes.com
Frank Laettner, left, and Andrew Findlay test an engine on
a dynamometer on Thursday at DeltaHawk Diesel Engines, 2300
South St. The company makes diesel engines for airplanes. It
has started making engines one at a time, so prospective
customers can try them out, paving the way for future orders.
Each engine undergoes this load testing.
Read more:
http://www.journaltimes.com/business/local/article_ddc2015e-b027-11e0-93aa-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1U0N3UIUy |
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'Synergy' Project Revealed
By Ric Reynolds,
News Editor, EAA 642317
Synergy is also noteworthy because it’s the first aircraft
designed around the DeltaHawk engine, a turbocharged,
liquid-cooled, 200-hp diesel currently undergoing FAA
certification at the company’s headquarters in Racine,
Wisconsin. McGinnis says he was among the first buyers of the
experimental powerplant. Read
more at:
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Gov. Scott Walker visits DeltaHawk
April 7, 2011
caledonia.patch.com
http://caledonia.patch.com/articles/governor-scott-walker-visits-caledonia-company-to-talk-about-jobs
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Racine Wisconsin
Journal Times, February 8, 2011
http://www.journaltimes.com/
This
article fails to include a mention of co-founders and owners
of DeltaHawk Engines, JP and Jeanne Brooks of Camas,
Washington. JP and Jeanne's aircraft was the reason the
DeltaHawk engine was created and they have been involved with
the design from the very beginning as well as being the
resource and impetus for DeltaHawk's continued existence
through thick and thin over the years. DeltaHawk has always
been a family enterprise and the Brooks and Doers were the
founding families.
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Wisconsin
Department of Commerce, February 9, 2011
http://commerce.wi.gov/NEWS/releases/2011/011.html
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FLYER
Airportal - General Aviation News
FLYER
Airportal - General Aviation News
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Wisconsin
Radio Network, February 11, 2011
http://www.wrn.com/2011/02/
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http://www.generalaviationnews.com/2011/02/13/
http://www.generalaviationnews.com/2011/02/13/
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http://tradeandindustrydev.com, February 16, 2011
http://tradeandindustrydev.com/region/wisconsin/news/
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DeltaHawk Press
Release, February 18, 2011
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http://www.wisbusiness.com, February 18, 2011
http://www.wisbusiness.com/
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http://aerospaceblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/
http://aerospaceblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/
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Australian Helicopter announced |
TreeHugger Blog |
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DeltaHawk Diesel-Powered Cirrus SR20 Announced |
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AVWeb article about Jet A in piston engines |
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Aero-News article about Jet A in piston engines |
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AvWeb article by Paul Bertorelli
including comment by Dennis Webb
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Pick up this December 2006 issue. It's the annual kit
buyers' guide and worth every penny.... and you can read the
article about DeltaHawk. Tim Kern has been very fair and
doesn't pull punches. You will read both the good and the bad
about DeltaHawk. We tried to be very frank in the interviews. |
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Article
in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel about DeltaHawk Engines
March 23, 2006 by By
RICK BARRETT rbarrett@journalsentinel.com
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IOTech Application Notes article about how their equipment
(Personal Daq) is being used to test the DeltaHawk engines on
the test trailer and the Flight Test Velocity
http://www.iotech.com/an79.html or
http://www.iotech.com/etn_tm09_2005.html
http://www.iotech.com/appnotes/an79.aspx |
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Shell announces new motor oil for compression ignition
aviation engines 7/21/2004 |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - DeltaHawk article -
by By RICK
BARRETT rbarrett@journalsentinel.com
October 21, 2004
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