On Tue, 25 May 2004 15:27:33 +0100, "Paul Sengupta"
wrote:

"Gerald Sylvester" wrote in message
ink.net...
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.

I think you'll find they cost a *lot* more than that.

OTOH it takes a big airplane to cary enough fuel to go any where
behind a turbine (jet or prop)

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

I then said to
a guy, "Man that sounds like a turbine." He told me it was.

This is what we were talking about earlier with the jet
engines on the Cri-cri.

http://www.amtjets.com/gallery_real_plain.html

Some more "normal" and some unusual applications:
http://www.amtjets.com/gallery.html

Paul