wrote

Aha, numbers!

So if one assumes the motivation to switch from a piston to a turbine is
the price of gas is roughly twice Jet-A, the crossover point would be a
turbine that did about .8 (to allow for the weight difference in the
fuels).
--
Jim Pennino

You are not taking into account the weight problem. If an aircraft designed
to carry 70 gallons, instead has to carry 140 gallons, there will be no
weight capacity left to carry the pilot, let alone anything else.
--
Jim in NC


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