I seem to recall a small aircraft turbine engine that's

Post #318,889 by Mycroft_Holmes_Iv 12/20/09 12:18:23 PM Reply	I seem to recall a small aircraft turbine engine that's available. (Weight is less than a Rotax 912UL and roughly same hp) Researching.
Post #318,893 by Andrew Grygus 12/20/09 1:10:57 PM Reply	A little more than a year ago . . . . . I saw Jay Leno riding his turbine powered motorcycle down Magnolia Blvd. in Burbank. The engine came from a crashed small helicopter. It makes a very odd sound and it's certainly a curiosity, but I doubt it's very practical or economical - but he can afford anything he wants.
Post #318,983 by Ashton 12/21/09 11:02:43 PM Reply	Have a pic of Leno astride a Vincent Autographed yet.. off eBay, for a song. As with a calendar pic which seemed ~~ to be the S/N of one of my Shadows! (but enjancement found 2 questionable digits) -- was curious if I could recognize any details of his pukka specimen as perhaps having passed through one of my better-than-new refinements -??- (like substituting Titanium for aluminium, at a place in the f. brake system.) Nahhh. Oh well. I expect that he pays whatever it takes to get 100% OEM bits, down to the teensiest Whitworth fasteners -- Cad-plated as original. But where's the fun in payin someone else to indulge one's own micro-accuracy fetish?
Post #318,896 by Another Scott 12/20/09 1:45:25 PM Reply	There's the HondaJet http://hondajet.hond...rbofanengine.aspx - < 400#, 1880 lbf thrust at takeoff, 22.1" OD, 44" long, < 0.7 lb/hr/lbf fuel consumption. Dunno anything about the Rotax 912UL ... They seem to be in different classes. Someone who knows a lot more than me would have to do the conversions to compare specific fuel consumption, etc. There are tiny jet engines for models. http://www.artesjet.com/prod04.htm ! Presumably there's an optimum size for best efficiency. Cheers, Scott.
Post #319,021 by Mycroft_Holmes_Iv 12/23/09 12:48:02 AM Reply	Well, the company I was thinking of... (I think) was Innodyn (http://www.innodyn.com/). However, their web site doesn't seem to be up anymore. :-( It's also possible I was thinking of N2 Turbines (http://www.n2turbines.com/) Their specs are good (http://www.n2turbine...m/performance.htm). They definitely burn more fuel (14 gal / hr) than say a piston (Rotax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotax_912) (5 gal / hr) but weigh less and need less maintenance. These are all TurboProp thingies. Jets take it to a whole different level. :-)
Post #319,057 by Another Scott 12/23/09 6:59:58 PM Reply	Neat. Thanks.

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