On Mon, 24 May 2004 at 13:48:53 in message
, G.R. Patterson III
wrote:
It's certainly one answer. The price on that Maule is $450,000. With an IO-540, it's
$173,420.

I've read that there are technical problems building small turbines; ie. the smaller
the diameter of the turbine, the faster the blades must spin to produce power.

Did you know you can buy true turbo jets for model aircraft? They cost
about $3000 and give about 20 lb thrust, They are around 4" in diameter.
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David CL Francis