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Old 30th Dec 2004, 06:54
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rotorrookie
 
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In the Deltahawk performance sheet for the 200hp it says 7gal/hr at 65%(130hp) power and 11.2gal/hr at 100%(200hp).
The 300C with Lycoming 360 IO doing 12gal/hr at 85%(190hp).
I thought diesel engine main advantage should be good fuel efficiency, but you never get good fuel efficieny from a 2stroke specially at high engine output.

So to stay in tha fuel consumpsion range the Deltahawk would have to be 300hp at 100% to give us 195hp at65%.
How much will 300hp Deltahawk weight? maybe little more
And would it burn more fuel? likely
Maybe Deltahawk works well for small fixed wing but after all probably not as well for helicopters.
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