Turboprop for Sonex?......

[GraemeSmith]

130hp
5 gph
180lb weight
3,000 hour TBO

https://www.turbotech-aero.com/solutions/#turboprop

Who wants to try it first? :-)

[racaldwell]

Sounds like the specs for my CAMit 3300. About the same on everything listed.

I can blow thru Vne in level flight.

Rick Caldwell
Xenos 0057 39 hrs ph 1

[lakespookie]

well the advantage rick is that it burns jet a and turbines are typically more reliable but i dont belive the 5 gph and it will probably cost 100k

[racaldwell]

Now that Jet A is more expensive than 100LL, that isn't an advantage to me anymore here in FL. I'll believe the reliability aspect of a new turbine engine design when I see the track record near the PT6 level. You would think with the simpler, fewer parts design of a turbine, that it would be less expensive than a ICE. I think electric motors will become the norm in the future and the turbines will never make it into the majority homebuilt aircraft market.

Rick Caldwell
Xenos 0057 39 hrs ph 1

[lakespookie]

Finally found a cost estimate 65k Euros

[BRS]

Finally found a cost estimate 65k Euros

That means little until they start showing some sales. In the mean time I'll keep dreaming about it.