At 10:10 05 June 2015, Craig Lowrie wrote:
The HPH Shark takes 28 liters of Jet A1 + 4% Aeroshell
500. That will
give about 55 minutes cruising at 80-90 knots... The
technique is not
climb and glide, rather dolphin flying... pulling up in any
residual
energy and in notime you have gained quite a lot of
height... It works.
Typically The Shark Jet will do 170km on a tank. The FES
version will do
about 100km, whilst the Shark MS (Self Launcher) will do
over 300km
on a tank...

Craig

Interesting thread but surely if you are proposing to spend
£100K on a jet self-launch the cost of the fuel is a minor
matter? For some people the range will be the overriding
factor, if you are not in this category starting reliability might
be more important.
Jet and two-stroke technology: probably will start?
FES/Electric technology: almost certainly will start?

Ask this question: when pick up a Hoover do you think: Will
it start? When you pick up a two-stroke strimmer or chain
saw do you think: Will it start?

David W