> Eric J Pitts <[email protected]> writes:
> Here is one more to look at, it is a Solar T-62 Turbine.
> The BD5T is using this engine, look at www.bd-micro.com
> can get up to 150hp.
> Power Rating (Sea Level) 95 SHP @ 6,000 RPM
> Fuel Consumption (Max Power) 108 lbs./hr.
> Weight 75 lbs. > Length 27 in.
> Height 16.5 in. > Width 13 in.
> Fuel Types Jet A, JP4-JP5
> Oil Types MIL-L-7808 or MIL-L-23699
Nice, but 108 lbs/hr. is about 18-gallons per hour ?
Turbine downsides: fuel consumption, cost of engine,
weight and complexity of a PSRU.
At the other end of the $pectrum is the good ol'
McCulloch O-100-1 "drone" engine:
Max. Power 72-hp at 4100 RPM (Direct drive to prop)
Fuel Consumption (max power) 6 gph (36 lbs./hr.)
Weight 83 lbs.
Length 27 in.
Width 27 in.
Fuel 115/145-octane
Oil Type S.A.E. 60 ( 10 to 1 ratio in the fuel )
Downsides: storing pre-mixed fuel vs. complexity
and reliability of an in-line fuel/oil mixer.
...everything is a compromise... <sigh> <G>
a r t w/ "Turbine Taste, Mac' Budget"
Art Cacella 1970 American AA-1 N6155L "Dinkie"
1972 KR-1 Plans, still not started <sigh>
( but four metal homebuilts underway )
Winston-Salem, NC
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