Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:22:11 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from 100m.mpr200-2.esr.lvcm.net ([24.234.0.81] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b6) with ESMTP id 1660037 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:17:59 -0400 Received: from lvcm.com (cm167.183.120.24.lvcm.com [24.120.183.167]) by 100m.mpr200-2.esr.lvcm.net (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 2.9.3.5) with ESMTP id AHV60178; Tue, 30 Jul 2002 07:17:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Message-ID: <3D469E57.56977315@lvcm.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 07:10:31 -0700 From: rickschrameck Reply-To: rickschrameck@lvcm.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: " (Lancair Mailing List)" Subject: Re: [LML] Turbine power References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I do not get it. I am a turbine fan and thought long and hard about building a Legacy with one. But here is what stopped me. Price per HP and fuel burn. A turbine is just like a normally aspirated engine, it looses power the higher it goes. Having said that why would you trade 300 HP of Cont or Lycon power for the same turbine power with much higher fuel burn. TBO is not a good enough answer. How many experimental planes have run out a cont. 550? It does sound cool. Always looking for more power, Rick Schrameck Legacy 123