(Mark James Boyd) wrote in message news:3fefb612$1@darkstar...

So how about a single turbine putting out
150# thrust? Burns maybe 25 gallons an hour?
And a small size (8" by 8" by 12")?
Boy it'd be nice if they were made of some
material that cooled real fast (ceramics?)
so it could be retracted quickly.


What would really be nice is a small turboprop - a lot more reliable
than any recip, and much more efficient (and quieter) than a pure jet.

Heavier, though, and you are back to the pylon, unless you put it on
the tail; or in the nose - and there we are back to the RV-11 or Carat
configuration.

But a turboprop would allow a nice pointy nose, and with a feathering
prop...

Kirk