Lee,
upon your message I called Mr. Bleidiesel again:
He did already several conversions (in most cases used in Ultralights),
for this conversion he had a pre-series of 25 units which is completely sold
out.
The next series of 50 units will be available in a few weeks (maybe he told me
2-3 weeks, but I don't remember exactly).
Is planning to build up his own website within the next four weeks, but I
sounded
a little bit like he intends to focus on the conversion, not on the web ;-)
The heart of the construction is the gearbox (now in german with a try of
a translation beyond):
Schr=E4gverzahntes Getriebe, Flanken geh=E4rtet und geschliffen
Schwingungsd=E4mpfer bis 10=B0 Drehschwingung
Fliehkraftkupplung ab 2500 U/min
which might be in english:
gearbox with hardened flanks
torsional resonnance damping up to 10 degrees torsion
rpm-dependend clutch which closes at 2500 rpm
this means: no belts, only wheels, a clutch to get rid of the strong torsional
amplitude at low rpm and a damoing system to damp the torsional resonnance at
hiher rpm.
Mr. Bleidiesel promised me to send me some information via diskette to be
pre-released on the web.
He is very happy about the project and about the strong interest in it!
regards,
Jens
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An: Jens-Achim Frei, jaf
Datum: 29.06.98 17:26
BE: BWM
From: Lee_Vaughan@notes.seagate.com
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 10:23:46 -0500
Subject: BWM
Jens,
My name is Lee Vaughan, and I'm building a Europa XS and would very much
like to put a BMW engine in the plane. I'm in the US near Minneapolis to be
exact and prior to contacting Mr. Bleidiesel I would appreciate any other
information you might be able to provide. Does the system use a geared
reduction or a belt? Does it incorporate the torsional dampener of the BMW
engine or a new one? Or would I be better off sending a letter to Mr.
Wilfried Bleidiesel, about the design specifics? You said that he has made
conversions that are flying, I'm assuming that those were BMW engines?
I know lots of questions, but I'm sure you can understand why, great engine
and no one here seems to be taking advantage of it.
Thank You for getting the name and address, and in advance for any other
information you can provide.
Lee
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