Mike Borgelt wrote:

Yes, I'd very much like to see taxi capability. A short wingspan and
light weight like a Sparrowhawk is excellent for this turbine.
The extra stuff to make it taxi well would sell it to the
biggest market, "power pilots," with the best success.


You would need to check the fuel consumption at reduced power. You
might get a nasty surprise. The taxi to the strip might have fuel
consumption comparable to driving an M1A2 the same distance.

I can easily live without the taxi ability. I'm looking forward to the
Ventus Ca17.6TJ(that's TwinJet)

I love being able to taxi in my ASH 26 E, but the alternative is to push
a 850 lb glider to the end of the runway. If it were a turbine powered
SparrowHawk, it'd be less 200 pounds, and pushing it down to the end
wouldn't be any worse than just walking down there. Seriously, it is so
much easier to push, it's not an issue, it's just walking. I could do
without the taxi ability to avoid carrying a large of amount of fuel to
do the taxi.

About 80% of my flights have only one engine use, a climb to ~2000' agl.
The rest have another engine start, and 15% have a typical run time of
less than 10 minutes. About 3% can be as much as 20 minutes additional
run time, and the last 2% haven't exceeded 40 minutes (total of 45
minutes for the flight). I can easily avoid that 2% and be happy with 30
minutes of fuel at climb power.

What do these things use for fuel? Do we need to land at airports with
Jet A to refuel? Or a town with a hobby shop and model airplanes?
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