Milestone Reached In Eight Years Of Production

Centurion Engines says that their powerplants will achieve a significant milestone this week. By the end of the third quarter, the companys says the engines will have logged over 2.5 million flight hours in GA aircraft and UAV's.

"Approximately 1.5 million flight hours were logged by the Centurion 1.7," said Jasper Wolffson, CEO of Centurion. "Its market launch in 2002 was the catalyst for developing alternative propulsion systems for small aircraft and UAVs. The successor models Centurion 2.0 and Centurion 2.0s now being in series production have logged 1 million flight hours to date. Well over 3,000 Centurion engines have been delivered thus far."

Centurion says it engines have been designed to be installed in existing cowlings without affecting weight. This allows them to be used on a wide range of manned and unmanned aircraft. The company says the technical simplicity of replacing Centurion 1.7's with Centurion 2.0's on any aircraft is an added advantage.

Both engine models afford above-average reliability, the company says. According to FAA data, the average for general aviation in-flight shut downs is one in every 10,000 hours. For Centurion engines the average failure rate is more than 50 percent lower. The company says the 2.0 model offers a number of technological advancements over the 1.7 engine, including a 50 percent longer time between overhaul, and significant extension of the life of certain components, such as the clutch and gearbox.

"Centurion engines are future-proof in terms of both economical as environmental aspects, being able to use standard aviation fuels like Jet-A instead of having to rely on aviation gasoline (avgas)," explained Wolffson. Since the engine does not burn avgas, Centurion says among the "green" benefits of Centurion engines are no risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, zero lead emissions, and substantially lower nitrogen and hydrocarbon emissions than with avgas engines. Plus, Centurion engines are more fuel efficient across the board, and meet strict noise ordinance requirements."

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