Mistral prepares piston engines for certificationStart-up powerplant manufacturer Mistral Engines is gearing up to certificate and deliver in early 2010 the first of a family of multi-fuel piston engines targeted at the light aircraft retrofit market.
Leading the four-strong line-up is the 300hp (225kW) G300 rotary engine. The liquid-cooled powerplant is based on Wankel automotive technology and offers 90% fewer moving parts than a reciprocated piston engine, "no vibration and virtually no noise", says Mistral's communication and marketing manager Perrine Bell. The engine can be powered by mogas - unleaded automotive gasoline - or Avgas.
She says Mistral's engine development programme has spanned eight years at a cost of SFr20 million ($18 million).
To date the normally aspirated, three-rotor G300 has flown more than 400h and is being installed on a Maule MX7 light aircraft in anticipation for its first flight later this month. US certification is scheduled for the f
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