Originally Posted by
JohnC
WAY too heavy...
You can get almost 700 shp from a PT6 that only weighs about 315 lbs.
If you want to go to about 500 lbs you can get as high as 1650 shp.
Yes but that turbine will move some fuel: at 700 SHP I'm thinking about 100+ gallons per hour. Diesels are coming to the General Aviation market, they're just too heavy as you say, currently. I don't ever see a 6.5 in an airplane, nor a Cummins 5.9 either, even with maximum move to aluminum they remain too heavy. I know you were kidding Missy, however being a General Aviation pilot I follow the trends, and diesel is probably the future as 100LL fuel is being phased out.
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