Ultra/Microlight Diesel Engine

[The Agent]

I picked up on the Oshkosh pages that someone has developed and designed a 100 hp diesel engine. The weight being 150 lb's (70.5 kg's)
It is called the "Gemini 100" ( good star sign though )
Here some specks.
2 stroke
3 cylinders 6 pistons
1600 cc
100bhp @2500rpm
40% less engine parts
supercharged
view at www.aero-tv.net
fuel consumption at 75% power is 0.40 gal per hour. = you tell me

If this works I want one.

[DieselFan]

Should compete nicely with other direct drive engines out there. Although with .4Gallons per hour I don't think you could compare.

My guess around 100-150k?

Thanks for post Agent!

[Antikza]

Great guess DieselFan!

Read the article on http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?Cont ... eb3e0ec3a3
and said it would be +-$18500.

Looks amazing!

[Bennie Vorster]

Any competition to Rotex is more than welcom, does not matter at what price. Competition is always welcom to the consumer.

[smallfly]

I remember way back in the seventies there was an article in the CAR magazine about a Dominee in Nelspruit who designed a two stroke engine with two horizontal pistons, with combustion ccambers on either side, making it a four cylinder with two pistons. No camshaft, no conventional valves meant no valve timing, less bearings and less moving parts.

This engine did however require positive pressure on the intake, hence the supercharger, and if my memmories does not fail me, i think it was more torqey and feul efficient than the same sized conventional engine because there is no "dead" cycle on the crank.180 deg power on the top combustion chamber, and 180 deg power on the bottom combustion chamber, with two sets , it meant a power cycle overlap of 180 deg as well, so 360 deg power, overlapped by 180 deg of 360 deg power ensures smooth powercurve.

Good gowing, maybe now someone will have the nickers to develop the Quassi turbine for aviation and we will have as near perfect powersources as we can get!!

[Big-D]

Nice pic Bennie - Like the background - Looks like the kinda club where cool okes hanger