Extra power will transform performance

BELGIAN company Lambert Aircraft is to offer two diesel engines as options for its Mission M212 four-seat kitplane.

The two engines, 180hp and 200hp, have been developed by American company Deltahawk. They are both liquid cooled and turbocharged two-stroke V4s of 3.3 litres capacity, and installed inverted.

The engines should transform the performance of the M212. Filip Lambert, designer and builder of the aircraft, says that at a max takeoff weight of 1150kg, the M212 will cruise at 140kt and burn 25 litres per hour of Jet-A fuel. “Diesel is the way to go,” Filip told LOOP. The Mission’s take-off roll will be about 300 metres and climb rate 1000 ft/min. Fuel capacity is 280 litres giving a range of 1400nm, and the payload 430kg. Approved by the PFA last summer, the M212 prototype G-XFLY, has now logged nearly 100 flight hours. It is fitted with a Lycoming O-360 engine, de-rated to 140hp. Also available for the kitplane is the 180hp petrol XP-360 from Superior Air Parts.

W: www.lambert-aircraft.com
W: www.deltahawkengines.com