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Exciting news about
DieselAir is here!!!
For Immediate Release:
Sold! DACI sells its first Cessna 182SMA diesel
October 4, 2007 - DieselAir Aircraft Conversions, Inc. is proud to
announce the sale of its first TurboDiesel Cessna 182SMA. The JetA-burning
Skylane will soon wing its way from Atlanta PDK, Ga, to its new home in Tanzania
– with a few long flights that exemplify what makes the
DieselAir’s conversion stand out when compared to other diesel
aircraft available today.
DACI’s first aircraft is a fully refurbished, better than new, dieselized
1980 Cessna 182Q, and it exemplifies exactly what DACI customers will buy
in North America, or in any country where
SMA has a customer service presence.
With their first aircraft nearing completion, DACI now opens their order
books for the public. DACI advertises a 90 day delivery time.
The DACI aircraft complies with an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate specially
granted to Cessna 182 Models Q, R or S and converted with the SMA kit:
diesel engine, 3 blade propeller, engine mount, heat exchangers, new controls
and instruments, interior and paint.
Thanks to this STC, financing, insurance and customer service are
available just as they are for any certified airplane. Up to 8,000 ft, the
182SMA performs like conventional 182, except the SMA-powered Skylane
boasts a better climb rate and a fuel flow of 9 gallons/hour of JetA at
135knots instead of 13.5 gallons/hour of Avgas.
Then, things get better with altitude: Expect 147 knots at 12,500ft. That
is the limit up to which the FAA STC applies. But pilots outside the U.S.
have climbed further: They know that at 22,500 ft, the climb rate still is
of 275 ft/min, and they have flown the plane at 25,000 ft. Don’t
forget this is a turbo! At such altitudes, they observed calibrated speeds
of 157 knots.
The maximum range at best economy speed is 1,470 N.M. or twice the range
on a conventional 182 at same speed. You can cross the Atlantic
by the Northern route without ferry tanks, but most pilots don’t fly
12 hours non-stop every day. What it really means for normal operations is
this: If you fly a leg of 700NM, and
find destination airport and alternate airport both under minimums, you can
still stay in the air several hours at 100 knots because the fuel flow is
so low at such speeds. For practical purposes one can say it is impossible
to run out of fuel with a 182SMA…when properly managed.
Now, Cessna 206 owners, read this: The 206 is rightfully famous for
payload.But it is a gas guzzler… With your 182SMA, if you don’t
fill the tanks more than needed, your payload jumps to 1,000 Lbs for a leg
of at least 250NM plus reserves while your fuel burn is divided by half.
And this without flying over gross… And if you operate from an
airfield at 5,000 ft altitude, you can actually outperform the 206 on
payload because your turbo makes the difference.
The SMA engine has 70% fewer moving parts than an O-470: The STC
recommends a TBO of 2,400 hours, but so far nothing indicates that
SMA’s expectations of 3,000 hours cannot be observed.
Your plane will look as good as a new plane: After a full corrosion
inspection, it receives a new paint, a new interior and trims, the avionics
of your choice, and new, simplified instruments and controls as per the SMA
kit.
Countries where SMA has licensed customer service:
North America: Canada, USA,
Mexico
South/Central America: Argentina,
Brazil, Ecuador
Asia-Pacific Rim: Australia,
Japan
Western Europe: Austria,
Belgium, France, Germany,
Netherlands, Scandinavian
countries, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Africa: South Africa
In other countries, contact DACI to discuss how a local A&P can
liaise with an existing licensee and receive training, and how DACI can
provide him with the basic spare parts assortment. Also contact DACI if you
intend to fly your plane overseas but keep it on the US Register.
Price: Expect $299,500 FOB
PDK Airport
for full IFR incl. Garmin 430, KX155, A/P Dual Axis. Ferry pilots upon
request.
For more details, go to our contact page or call, Leonard Harris,
President, DACI, +1-678-641-7880.
Below is an excerpt of the interview and information release on the DieselAir.com website.
DieselAir Aircraft
Conversions, Inc. (DACI) incorporated in Atlanta GA
to sell Cessna 182s converted with the SMA engine.
Aircraft Conversions, Inc. (DACI),
the new venture which he incorporated in April with a group of investors.
Atlanta, April 11, 2007 - We
interviewed yesterday Leonard R. Harris, CEO and major stockholder of
DieselAir.
Leonard is a popular figure at
Peachtree-Dekalb (PDK) Airport. His firm has been selling pilot gear,
aircraft components and instruments, flying lessons, used airplanes, and
operating single-engine planes at PDK since 1996. He is himself an
experienced commercial pilot with over 3,000 hours flying time. He is also
an experienced crop-duster and has ideas about what diesel will bring to
that.
Andre R. Teissier-duCros, DieselAir Newsletter Publisher, is acting as
Technical Consultant.
Tim Cullen, CISSP adds his 14+
years of internet information security related experience to help round out
the team. Tim is a student pilot currently working towards his
Private Pilot certification. Tim also volunteers his time for the Peachtree-DeKalb Airport
Association as well as the Atlanta
Aero Club and is an active member for the Aero Club.
Jeremy King is a
multi-engine commercial pilot and an A&P Mechanic. Jeremy will be
working on the corporate marketing strategies and providing his expertise
as an A&P mechanic to provide the technical experience needed to
ensure the highest level of quality is provided to our customers.
DACI address: Leonard R. Harris, CEO. DieselAir Aircraft Conversions, Inc. 1954 Airport Road, Suite 62, Atlanta, Georgia
30341. Tel: 678-641-7880.
Read
more of the information as well as other in-depth discussions on Diesel
Technology from Andre Tessier-duCros, our CTO, at DieselAir.com.
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