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Posted for "Bryan J. Burr" <bjburr@mwheli.com>:
Gary,
I have often thought the best engine for the ES turbine would be the
Rolls Royce C20R. The problem is the reduction gearbox. All of this is
available through Soloy Conversions but the engine alone could be $300K.
I think a military variant could be located but the combining gearbox is
another serious chunk of chage.
This engine produces 450 hp, 28 gph at sea level, very reliable and lots
of parts. It is the configuration that is available on the Cessna 206
Soloy Conversion. I had one of these airplanes and it was incredible.
www.soloy.com
Bryan
Hey, many of you guys have a lot more experience than I do on
turbines so
feel free to object here (as if I could stop you!) I first looked at the
Innodyn at the 2004 OSH show and it looked pretty neat! They did not have the
twin pack, just the single version with one rated to 255 HP for a weight of
180 lbs. The claimed fuel burn was 14 GPH at that HP.
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