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News, facts, and comments on the coming revolution for piston-engine aircraft.
News of September 07, 2008
Maule is happy with the SMA diesel - 16 SMAs are flying in the US.
Brent Maule, sales manager of Georgia-based Maule Air Inc., proclaimed the SMA JetA-powered Maule M9-230 to be ‘the best one that we build’ after making the long cross-country flight from Georgia to Oshkosh in it. 'It was extremely smooth and quiet at 2,200 rpm,' he said, noting it yielded 135 knots consistently. SMA President Luc Pelon said that 16 SMA SR305-230 engines are flying in the United States since their 2006 certification, and 50 worldwide. He made a point of stating that the 230-hp engine burns JetA which, he said, is ‘fast becoming the new avgas’ - probably truer of Europe than the United States, so far. ‘Moving quickly is not our focus,’ Pelon said. ‘We did not make the easiest choice or the inexpensive way when we decided, some years ago, to go to a new engine design from scratch. Instead of trying to use a technology which existed for other applications we started from the ground up.’ The ‘smooth and quiet’ SMA diesel speaks for itself, according to Maule. For more information: MauleAirInc.com or SMAEngines.com.
posted at 11:41 AM
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