| Wolverine first special engine for UAV |
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 In six months the engine Wolverine 3 was developed as the first purpose-built energy source for unmanned planes UAVs. The idea of the engine is to get a prime mover which is developed from the beginning to work in small unmanned aerial vehicles. Especially important has been to get the engine to operate the unit with fuel, JP-8, which is used for all vehicles in the U.S. armed forces. It consists of 98 percent kerosene and 2 percent additives such as lubrication. The engine is a two-cylinder, air cooled with a volume of 88 cc and a power 2.3 kW (3.1 hp). The small two-stroke engine with direct injection has a speed of 6000 rpm. Start the engine may be used as a generator and provides power 500 W Wolverine engine manufactured by Ricardo Inc in Detroit which is a usually subcontractor to the automotive industry, during the last bilk-risen have been looking for substitutes and sees an explosive market for components for the unmanned aircraft. According to Ricardo, the only U.S. military has increased the number of flight hours with the unmanned planes from 165,000 years in 2006 to more than 550 000 now. With Wolverine engine to both military and civilian customers get a reliable engine that is not likely to be the weak link in the plane equipped with reconnaissance equipment expensive. Today, engines that actually developed for lawnmowers and other garden tools, and in danger of collapse unless they are given the right fuel. This month has been run in the engine test bench. During the summer it will be tested in several different models of unmanned plane at a test site in the Nevada desert. |
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