Heliapaviation
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Hello all;
I'm new to your forum, but not new to helicopters, I was just reading some posts on this site the other day. I design and build equipment for the helicopter industry and try to keep apprised on a wide variety of topics.
I saw the new MH1 aka Mini 500, (please don’t take offence to my ignorance to the differences between the two). and was interested to see that it is still evolving. Carbon fiber rotors kind of scare me, for one, they would be very light, having said that, I hope they are tip weighted. The difference between believing in God and meeting him is often found in rotor inertia. My experience with carbon fiber is: yes its light, no it isn’t very resilient to impact of any kind. My weave of choice is the carbon fiber Kevlar blend, very nice stuff, tough as hell.
Moving on.. I notice the MH1 is boasting an increase in horsepower, 4stroke power at that, very good. What make is the engine? During the development of a number of our products we have found the need for a power-plant that demonstrates a great power to weight value coupled with reliability, I know, that’s an oxymoron you say. Chasing the holy grail again.. but I have run across an interesting power-plant; The Webber MPE750. This engine is a little big for what we typically need an engine for but I was impressed by its versatility and power. Weber has taken an interesting approach to the MPE (Multi Purpose Engine). It is used in a variety of off road vehicles and personal watercraft, but Weber intended this motor to be a modular power-plant self contained and applicable to any number of applications. They have designed and sell the motor for use in projects outside their scope of marketing.
It comes in naturally aspirated and turbo versions, its fuel injected, the ECU is integral to the package and it is designed to be stand alone. Other attractive features are that it has its PTO either front or back, naturally aspirated is about 104 hp and the turbo version is 135hp overall weight is 100lbs! I know they make a larger version because it is in the Hydrospace sit down jet ski and its producing the 160+ range of Horsepower. Polaris also uses this motor in some of its quads and snowmobiles I believe.
Very cool engine, great reliability, a little pricey though, but we are talking aircraft here, safety and reliability should come first.
In my limited opinion this should be the engine of choice for kit aircraft of all kinds.
Check it out, and don’t overlook the marine version.
www.weber-motor.com/en/products/mpe-750/index.html
Feel free to check out my site as well www.heliap.com
Keep the spinny side up!
Kurt.
I'm new to your forum, but not new to helicopters, I was just reading some posts on this site the other day. I design and build equipment for the helicopter industry and try to keep apprised on a wide variety of topics.
I saw the new MH1 aka Mini 500, (please don’t take offence to my ignorance to the differences between the two). and was interested to see that it is still evolving. Carbon fiber rotors kind of scare me, for one, they would be very light, having said that, I hope they are tip weighted. The difference between believing in God and meeting him is often found in rotor inertia. My experience with carbon fiber is: yes its light, no it isn’t very resilient to impact of any kind. My weave of choice is the carbon fiber Kevlar blend, very nice stuff, tough as hell.
Moving on.. I notice the MH1 is boasting an increase in horsepower, 4stroke power at that, very good. What make is the engine? During the development of a number of our products we have found the need for a power-plant that demonstrates a great power to weight value coupled with reliability, I know, that’s an oxymoron you say. Chasing the holy grail again.. but I have run across an interesting power-plant; The Webber MPE750. This engine is a little big for what we typically need an engine for but I was impressed by its versatility and power. Weber has taken an interesting approach to the MPE (Multi Purpose Engine). It is used in a variety of off road vehicles and personal watercraft, but Weber intended this motor to be a modular power-plant self contained and applicable to any number of applications. They have designed and sell the motor for use in projects outside their scope of marketing.
It comes in naturally aspirated and turbo versions, its fuel injected, the ECU is integral to the package and it is designed to be stand alone. Other attractive features are that it has its PTO either front or back, naturally aspirated is about 104 hp and the turbo version is 135hp overall weight is 100lbs! I know they make a larger version because it is in the Hydrospace sit down jet ski and its producing the 160+ range of Horsepower. Polaris also uses this motor in some of its quads and snowmobiles I believe.
Very cool engine, great reliability, a little pricey though, but we are talking aircraft here, safety and reliability should come first.
In my limited opinion this should be the engine of choice for kit aircraft of all kinds.
Check it out, and don’t overlook the marine version.
www.weber-motor.com/en/products/mpe-750/index.html
Feel free to check out my site as well www.heliap.com
Keep the spinny side up!
Kurt.
