dream upgrade

If Franklin is the one that is being manufactured in Europe somewhere,
Poland I think I heard, they are belly up.

Tango Uniform, huh?

That would explain their lack of response so far . . .




www.Rosspilot.com

"Rosspilot" wrote in message
...
If Franklin is the one that is being manufactured in Europe somewhere,
Poland I think I heard, they are belly up.

Tango Uniform, huh?


No, Bravo Uniform-- where'd you get your pilot's certificate, Sears?

Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ

John Godwin wrote:
snip
Cost/benefit seems way out of line at first look . . . still exploring
the Franklin 220 . . . no response from them yet.
snip

Did you email them, or call them? My past experience with them is they
are slow to respond to email, if at all, but they do answer the phone.

--
David Hill
david at hillREMOVETHISfamily.org
Sautee-Nacoochee, GA, USA

PZL the polish company that had been building the Franklin engines has been
bought out by Pratt and Whitney. PZL's main business is making turbines and
superchargers and apparently that is what Pratt and Whitney was interested
in. They have shut down the production of the Franklin engines and that part
of the business is up for sale. There is a rumor that an outfit in Texas
will probably buy it and start production again, but right now there are no
new engines being built.

Franklin Engines in Fort Collins CO. is probably in no hurry to respond to
your email because Pratt and Whitney has canceled all of the Franklin
dealerships. However, if the engines do become available again they will be
involved because they hold the STC's for the installation of the engines in
a number of planes.

"Newps" wrote in message
news:cI0fb.481603$Oz4.320169@rwcrnsc54...
If Franklin is the one that is being manufactured in Europe somewhere,
Poland I think I heard, they are belly up.

John Godwin wrote:

ospam (Rosspilot) wrote in
:


Cost/benefit seems way out of line at first look . . . still exploring
the Franklin 220 . . . no response from them yet.


http://franklinengines.com/220HP.cfm

(copied from the website)

http://www.dieselair.com/

News of 07/30/2003

When will you be able to own and fly in an STC'd diesel 172, 182 or
Cherokee?

As of August 1st, it seems that by end of year at latest, the following
STC's will be OK'd by FAA and available as standard conversions at fixed
price for an initially airworthy aircraft:

Cessna 172 (wait for exact models, years) with Thielert Engine 135HP,
possibly with a constant speed propeller. Such a propeller would anyway be
recommended for best performance at take off and initial climb, in which
case the 172 demonstrator flying in Europe shows performance as good or
better than a 172 with O-320 160HP gasoline engine.

Piper Cherokee (wait for exact models, years) with Thielert Engine 135HP,
possibly with a constant speed propeller.

Cessna 182P and later models with SMA Engine and 3-blade constant speed
propeller.

(end of web info)

It's my understanding that Thielert is/will be approved for diesel fuel,
while SMA is/will only be approved for Jet-A....for now.

Wonder if FADEC will be standard equipment on a (new diesel) firewall
forward order?

--
Montblack

("Donald Royer" wrote)
PZL the polish company that had been building the Franklin engines has
been
bought out by Pratt and Whitney. PZL's main business is making turbines
and
superchargers and apparently that is what Pratt and Whitney was interested
in. They have shut down the production of the Franklin engines and that
part
of the business is up for sale. There is a rumor that an outfit in Texas
will probably buy it and start production again, but right now there are
no
new engines being built. snip