Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Test aircraft needed :-)

[Hartmut Beil]

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Why would one want to burn 15 Gallons per hour just to get 60 hp onto the prop??

Admitted the turbine would produce these sixty horses even at 18000ft altitude, but then I would need an instrument rating plus the expenses of the oxygen.

Also, the 20 lb engine will make my plane quiet tail heavy...

 

However, nice experiment - mentally.

 

Hartmut

 

 

 

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Greg Bullough

To: Ed Burkhead ; Coupe-List

Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 4:40 PM

Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Test aircraft needed :-)

----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- At 05:59 PM 11/4/2003 -0600, Ed Burkhead wrote:

Anyone want to be our test aircraft?

http://www.microjeteng.com/turboshaft.htm

Looks like fun...

Hint: (.9 ltr/min / .946 quarts/ltr) * 60 / 4 = 14.27 gph

Kerosene is 7 lb./gal isnt it?

Yeah, but that's at max RPM. What's it do when putting
out just 75% power and with the prop pitch optimized? And
given that the weight is so low, wouldn't you be able to
carry a bit more fuel?

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