Well, last summer they announced Harry was going to the customer in Mexico in August and bringing the engine that was "finishing its testing at Cyclone" with him.
No word since on either Harry going or that engine completing testing.
The customer was supposed to be building a Cyclone solar system from Harry's plans, so maybe they figured out there was no need for the non-working Cyclone engine to connect to their non-working Cyclone solar system.
They also announced a couple years back that Harry was going to Denmark to consult with customer 3R's "20 engineers" at their "factory". Harry never made that trip, either.
And if the "next stage" of the military APU is "a fully working field unit ready for mass production meeting military specifications", the Cyclone development timeline must be:
Stage 1: Announce a new engine with claims of performance vastly superior to any existing technology. Make shiny, non-functional mock-ups of this super-engine and talk about them as if they were real engines. Promote everywhere you can, including creating a Board of Advisors consisting of very reputable people (and never ask for their advise, or even tell them what you've got).
Stage 2: Con thousands of investors into putting in money with claims of "market-ready family of engines" and that all the technical problems have been "overcome". Con customers into putting money up front for prototype wonder-engines that you know will never be delivered.
Stage 3: Work 13 years, with actual operating losses of $29 million (plus another $32 million in derivative losses), with more than 2/3rds of the cash going to undescribed "general and administrative" expenses (aka Schoell Marine). Announce new engine models, work on each for a few years with nothing but failures then announce new models. Keep lowering the bar until you are struggling, and failing, to make a low-power engine survive for even 10 hours.
Stage 4: Announce that "this month" you will have a "fully working field unit ready for mass production meeting military specifications."
After all, why let details like having an engine that actually works
get in the way of bleeding investors and customers even more.
