I went to the Toledo show and spoke for HOURS with BILL Oberdieck. Hellofa guy. I ended up ordering the TS52 from him. At the Toledo show, he told me he could guarantee 10 day delivery. Well unfortunately for me that has not been the case. I still do no have it. This was no big deal to me due to the fact that the plane is not ready anyway.

I have email BILL a couple of times just seeing how things were going. I got home from work today and saw that I had a message on the answering machine. It was Bill. The engine is done and ready for shipping. He also stated IN HIS MESSAGE that even though the balance is not paid yet, he is going to ship it out.

I called him up and told him over the phone what I thought of him.


For those of you who are looking for a new gas engine, TAURUS is a TOP COMPETITOR in more ways than one. I am working on the AW 33% edge 540 T and TAURUS is working on a 107cc engine, HMMMMMMMMM. Bill told me that even since the Toledo show, they have made improvements to this up coming engine.

Jeff Cottrell