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[Guest sirius]

From EAA website news;

 

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[Guest Qwerty]

No. RAAus reg is restricted to propellor driven.

 

 

[Ultralights]

turbine blades could be considered very small and fast rotating propellors?

 

 

[Guest sirius]

And they're fixed pitch.:thumb_up:

 

 

[tangocharlie123]

TurboProp

 

The same company that makes the jet engine also makes a small turboprop now that may be allowed.

 

TurboJet PBS Velká Bíte?, a.s. ... Turbojet engine TJ100

 

TurboProp PBS Velká Bíte?, a.s. ... Turbovrtulový motor TP 100

 

Cheers and Merry Christmas.

 

 

[Guest Qwerty]

Tango is right, the regs from memory are "single engine propellor driven." I'd be willing to bet that a turbo prop is legal. and I have just the application for one too.

 

 

[Guest check-in]

Any idea of the fuel capacity and burn? If it's like many other jets it will need almost its own weight in fuel to go anywhere.

 

But I would LOVE one!

 

 

[tangocharlie123]

Ok Qwerty

 

Top secret or not what do you plan to use one in. Not the Jabiru I hope.

 

Cheers

 

 

[Guest Qwerty]

Tango, Amongst other things, I am designing a flying boat (well two actually) and a turbo prop with beta would be perfect in these applications, I'm looking into it (the turbo prop, I mean). Its a year or two off unless I start getting orders. I've got several other projects to get flying before I can apply myself to the flying boats and just to make matters interesting, I lose the laser cutter I've been using and it won't be replaced until Feb some time.

 

Cheers, Qwerty:boring:

 

 

[flie43]

Hey Qwerty we had an airboat but was really really low altitude stuff.

 

Good luck with the flying boat.

 

Terry

 

 

[Guest Qwerty]

Thanks, What I'm doing is designing a super efficient ground effect machine, it turns out that in order to get the maximum efficiency from the thing, it needs so much lift that it will actually fly. So my ground effect machine will need to be registered as an aircraft and you will need a pilots licence (as opposed to a boat licence) to drive the thing. It will be capable of sustained cruise flight and will also be an anphib. I am guessing that if you leave ground effect you will need to ensure that you are below MTOW for your category??

 

Cheers, Qwerty

 

 

[tangocharlie123]

Thanks Qwerty

 

That sounds interesting when you think the time is right would you releease further info I know for commercial reasons you can't at the moment.

 

Cheers

 

 

[Guest Qwerty]

What do you want to know? Its early in the design phase but I have a basic layout and construction.

 

 

[Guest sirius]

Check some of these out;

 

WIG Pictures

 

 

[Yenn]

A friend of mine worked for quite some time developing "ekranoplanes", which is the Russian name for ground effect vehicles. I believe they got them flying up in Cairns but eventually they folded.

 

The Russians had some very large ekranoplanes years ago, but the never became popular. The problems I see are having to travel at high speeds to get lift, but being close enough to the surface to collide with shipping