This is the greatest idea ever. - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

AtomicLabMonkey · 2004-02-07, 10:52 PM

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Thrust: 42 lbs @ 108,000 RPM
Weight: 4.8 LB
Diameter: 5.12 inches
RPM Range: 32,000 - 112,000 RPM
Exhaust gas temp.: 580°C-690°C
Fuel consumption: 22 oz per/min at full power
Fuel: Jet A1, 1-K kerosene
Lubrication: approximately 5% synthetic Oil in the fuel
Maintenance interval: 25 hours

That's what I'm talking about. I need a turbine powered model airplane that burns Jet-A and goes 200 mph, too.

sperry · 2004-02-07, 11:09 PM

I told you about the 1/4 scale F4 we saw crash out at Camp Parks in Dublin, right?

It was making an inverted pass down the runway at an all-jet R/C airshow when his radio went into fail-safe (i.e. the plane stopped recieving instructions from the transmitter). Usually fail-safe would allow the plane to circle in a slow climb waiting for the radio to make contact... but in a low altitude inverted pass, it results into a nice slow lawn-dart followed by a nice big fireball.

That's a $10,000 loss of communications. "Can you hear me now?"

ArthurS · 2004-02-09, 10:54 AM

Ouch. Those things look awsome, but it is a huge investment into something (like Scott said) can turn into a big heep of fire with the wrong movement.

2004-02-07, 11:09 PM	#2
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	I told you about the 1/4 scale F4 we saw crash out at Camp Parks in Dublin, right? It was making an inverted pass down the runway at an all-jet R/C airshow when his radio went into fail-safe (i.e. the plane stopped recieving instructions from the transmitter). Usually fail-safe would allow the plane to circle in a slow climb waiting for the radio to make contact... but in a low altitude inverted pass, it results into a nice slow lawn-dart followed by a nice big fireball. That's a $10,000 loss of communications. "Can you hear me now?" __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2004-02-09, 10:54 AM	#3
ArthurS EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 3,707 Car: 2011 Chevy Battle Wagon	Ouch. Those things look awsome, but it is a huge investment into something (like Scott said) can turn into a big heep of fire with the wrong movement. __________________ Captain Murphy: I dub thee Sir Phobos, Knight of Mars, beater of ass. Be a hitter, babe.

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