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Old September 15th 20, 09:00 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Matthew Scutter
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Default FES underpowered for 18m ship?

On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 9:30:06 AM UTC+2, Paul T wrote:
Just get a jet turbo far better - wouldn't trust FES for a climb in
mountain
conditions.


How does a jet help? I believe both the PSA jets and the JS jets have approximately the same climb altitude, ~1500m, and range ~110km? See http://js3.at/wp-content/uploads/201...Supplement.pdf

Performance seems about the same, the biggest difference as I can tell is trading reliability for cruise speed.