In development for a decade, Mistral Engines said Wednesday that it was on track to win FAA certification by early 2011 for its 300-hp, G-300 rotary, but must now put those plans on hold. The company says it needs a cash infusion and until "adequate financing" is secured, the company's board of directors has voted to suspend development, effective immediately. Mistral sees its rotary as an efficient, vibration-free and fuel-flexible liquid-cooled solution that could bridge the current "performance, reliability and cost gap" between current piston and turbine engines. The company says its G-300 can run "on any type of autogas or avgas" and targets a 3,000-hour TBO. Mistral says it is also "well along" in development of a Jet-A1-burning version with more plans in the works.
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