Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Can anyone read German

Not that many years back. Allison Aircraft Engines, now Rolls Royce, built a small turbine that produced about 150 HP and weighed in at around 70 Lbs. It was installed in some "experimental" vehicles and they were driven by company personel. That same engine is stil in production and is used by the military.

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, b d <gpabruce@...> wrote:
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> HI Rick and thank you,
>
> What I was originally browsing for was this, and I know I'm asking for a
> firestorm from this but here goes:
>
> The direction for all aviation and man kind is in simple efficient power
> units that can convert "something" (some form of energy) into motion in the
> most simple and effective manner. Many times man loses sight of this and
> gets hung up on a "step" in that process like he has with the reciprocating
> engine. The recip is an antiquated, obsolete design that the American
> Industry cannot seem to grow beyond. This is the downfall of American big
> industry. When they make money on ABC, they refuse to move on to BCD and CDE
> until they have exhausted all the resources and profits from ABC and
> squeezed every drop of profits out of it. The Oil cartel (industry) is a
> prime example. The Auto Cartels are another and so on.
>
> To date we find some great power technologies in large airlines, in large
> ships, trains and heavy equipment and also down in the mini, micro and nano
> technology. Just model aircraft are far more advanced than General Aviation.
> General Aviation could be affordable but the people who control it have the
> old mentality of "bend over a dollar to pick up a dime". Homebuilders and
> experimentalist should not get hung up with GA and their direction. We as
> experimental home builders should always be searching for new and better
> ways to get the job done. Rotax is not it, it's only another more expensive
> version of the same old obsolete technology, pistons flopping every which
> way trying to extract energy from fossil fuel, trying to please the fossil
> fuel people while converting it to motion . . . . It's plum silly even to an
> old bastard like me! I came from the old radial engine and steam engine
> days. They were quite the thing then and still are (for museums) but they
> are no longer efficient, effective, or practical and we (our young brillient
> children) should be looking beyond that technology, hense my browsing to see
> if anyone in the business is producing a turbine or rotary power unit,
> something where the parts turn a continuous direction rather than the old
> "design to self destruct mentality" of the past. I'm waiting for that
> lightweight power unit in he 50 to 250 hp category that has been overlooked
> for centuries (a huge auto and aviation market by the way). I can buy one
> off the shelf for a model airplane and I can buy one off the shelf for a
> huge airliner but I cannot buy one off the shelf for a LSA. So my question
> is, "what's wrong with this picture"?
>
> That's only part of the subject but enough for now. Okay, everyone on the
> list go ahead and hit me now . . . LOL
>
> Bruce
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> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Rick <lightflyer@...> wrote:
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> > --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com <Sport_Aircraft%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > b d <gpabruce@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thank you, I must have missed it. For those who have a wider experience
> > with
> > > this size, weight and power of engine, how does $5450.00 sound for a
> > price
> > > for that power range? Anyone have any thoughts or experience in this?
> > >
> > >
> > > Bruce
> > >
> >
> > The price seems to be comparable to the well-proven Rotax 503 and 582. But
> > the price isn't the whole story.
> > The race-Kart engine is rated for use in a land-based go-kart and capable
> > of producing max power for short durations and probably NOT going to get you
> > to a TBO that is satisfactory for aircraft use.
> > As an example, the 64 horse Rotax 582 is rated at over 125 horsepower when
> > used in a jet-ski or snowmobile.
> >
> >
> >
>

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