News, facts, and comments on the coming revolution for piston-engine aircraft. News of May 09, 2009 How about buying now a diesel airplane which is available, wholly certified worldwide and trouble free? FlyJetA has something to offer now. Patrick Canivet is well known at Sun & Fun and Oshkosh: his company FlyJetA, Inc. (http://www.flyjeta.com) in Sarasota FL is in the aerodiesel business. He is not the only one, of course. But he has something special to offer: A diesel airplane which is certified FAA and EASA, available right now, and reported so far as trouble free. This airplane is the Cessna 182Q or R converted to the SMA 305 diesel 4-stroke, 4-cyl. 230HP. 44 of such planes are flying in the world, and you never hear of them. The oldest one has hit 900 hours. The 182P should be STC’d with FAA soon. DieselAir is ambitioning to organize a panel of 182SMA owners, so if you read these lines and have one, please contact me at atc@dieselair.com. At this time, FlyJetA is in a unique situation: The firm offers converted 182s, not simply conversions. And FlyJetA is in the US where most of the 182s available for conversions are, and they are often on the market. Any other SMA converter needs you to bring him your 182 first. Not FlyJetA: Patrick keeps contact with a network of 182 owners and knows how to procure one at short notice. He has a backlog of orders in progress, and at any time can allocate one available plane to you and expedite the conversion within 2 to 4 months according to your own specs. The 182 SMA offers performances way superior to an original 182Q: It burns only 9 gal/h at 135 knots, and 10.3 gal./h at 147 knots at 12,500 feet. Its EASA certification allows for flight at 22,000 ft; it burns only 4 gal//h at best range speed (100 knots); and its payload up to 250NM legs plus 1 hour reserves is the same as the one of a Cessna 206: close to 1,000 Lbs. Its range can be extended to 1,400NM at best economy cruise speed. So far, FlyJetA has sold six 182SMAs, two of which during calendar 2008. Expect prices, for a fully refurbished plane (paint, corrosion inspection, leather interior, new or partially new avionics, plus of course everything new in front of the firewall), from $285,000 to 300,000 FOB Sarasota, mainly depending on avionics. FlyJetA has been cooperating with SMA Engines, the French aerodiesel manufacturer, since 2003, and participated to cooperation with Cessna Aircraft, for instance to redesigning the 182 cowl for better aerodynamic and cooling efficiency. FlyJetA has also done preliminary design work for a conversion of the Piper Seneca, an ideal candidate for an SMA conversion. N. B. FlyJetA is the only firm we are aware of which can, as of spring-summer 09, offer for sale an aero diesel airplane with a worldwide certified engine without history of defects or breakdowns, and of a type and model which is fully STCd worldwide. But we may be wrong! If anyone else can document us to show he fulfills these conditions too, I will very shortly publish a similar report on his firm and on what he offers. posted at 11:29 AM

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Every month: news, facts, and comments on the coming revolution for piston-engines aircrafts between 130 and 400 HP: Retrofitting a diesel engine to run on Jetfuel or Kerosene, reduce Gallons/Hour by some 30%, eliminate ignition systems (magnetos, spark plugs) and their problems, eliminate mixture control, increase TBO to 2,400-3,000 hours, increase performance between 6,000 and 12,500 ft., and drastically reduce Operating Costs.

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