FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW HEXADYNE P60 ENGINE EXHIBITED AT EAA COPPERSTATE FLY-IN AT MESA, ARIZONA OCTOBER 12-15TH.
HEXADYNE AVIATION, a Division of HEXATRON ENGINEERING CO., INC., of Salt Lake City, exhibited the new light aircraft HEXADYNE P60 air-cooled engine at the EAA COPPERSTATE 2000 FLY-IN held at Williams Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona on October 12th - 15th. All fans interested in this newly-developed, MADE-IN-USA engine were invited to come by their booth in the exhibit hanger.
A Merlin GT test aircraft is being completed for use as a "test bed" for the prototype engines and were NOT at this show. It is being readied for the Flight Testing program. The Engine and Aircraft flying parameters will be monitored and transmitted to a ground station computer via link-up on-board telemetry systems.
The production prototype engine is undergoing final "mapping" tests in its brake dynamometer test stand for final check-out of the ENGINE MANAGEMENT COMPUTER system that will be installed on the test bed aircraft.
Hexadyne Aviation anticipates all flight testing to be completed by early December with production deliveries during the first quarter of 2001.
For More Information Contact:
Hexatron Engineering Co., Inc.
1998 N Redwood Road, PO Box 26896, Salt Lake City UT 84126-0896
Tel: 801.363.8010
FAX: 801.363.8030
Internet: webmaster@hexatronengineerring.com
