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Originally Posted by David Findlay
Has there been any development of small jet engines for light aircraft, like
the engines used on the Eclipse 500? Small turbines would be great for high
performance homebuilts if they were cheap enough. Anything down to the
price level that could compete with high horsepower Lycoming's or
Continentals? Thanks,
David
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there are "scratch designed & built" 150 hp-equivalent turboprop engines on the market - check out
www.innodyn.com - they flew to oshkosh with a turbine equipped super cub (
http://www.innodyn.com/aviation/news..._05_05_01.html ). furthermore, they claim to burn only slightly more than a piston engine, which i find remarkable. they say they have a twinpac planned which would output 300 hp.
francois