IO390 wrote:
hat turboprop version must be incredibly good fun. Looks like a miniature PC-21.
Yes, I was looking at the videos of it the other day. It’s fabulous looking. I expect it would be €300-400K?? If the regular one with a few options is £200k plus 20% vat, surely the turbine one is at least 40% more…
Could this turbine be used with other aircraft as a convertion?
from the manufacturers website
Normal cruise 0.901 lb/HP/hr
180HP X .901lb = 162.18lbs – 162lbs of Jet A is 93 litres of fuel an hour – VFR minimums you have best 2 hours of flight
To get to 60 litres of fuel an hour you would have to throttle back to 116HP – at that point just install a turbo rotax –
https://www.pbsaerospace.com/aerospace-products/engines/turboprop-engines/ts-100-turboshaft-engine
I’m not sure the point of this is to be economical.
I don’t see one flying in the UK under LAA permit any time soon though.
