Re: Europa-List: Future Europa Powerplant

[GLENN CROWDER <gcrowder2@hotmail.com>]

  Wow, heres a  major aerospace player that decided to go with a
proven engine - makes me kind of all teary eyed!

          http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/q4/nr_051202a.html
Boeing A160 Hummingbird Completes Flight Test

                                  Glenn

>From: "Fred Fillinger" <n3eu@comcast.net>
>Reply-To: europa-list@matronics.com
>To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
>Subject: Re: Europa-List: Future Europa Powerplant
>Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 11:06:46 -0500
>
>
> >  The white hot military UAV market is fueling all kinds
> > of engine development right now.  For 50 yrs or more,
> > there has been no interest in non-jet engine technology
> > from the military.
> > ....
> >                                       Glenn
> >
>
>We may not be able to afford these engines.  They can't charge the
>military one price, and us about half of that.  Our Defense Contract
>Audit Agency tends to raise an issue there.  Perhaps that's why the
>price increases on the Rotax 914 have rather hefty in recent years.
>When you start selling to the military, seems your costs just....go way
>up.  :-)
>
>Fred F.
>
>