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Twin jet ultra-light.......

I'm not too sure. I know ULs can be pretty whiney but I don't think I'd find that jet sound easy to tolerate. I just cringed when that guy casually walked in front of the nacelle, at perfect face height too.
 
I dunno. I know UL's aren't made to be fast and this one ain't but it's performance envelope seems kinda marginal to me. And I think that the fact there are two small r/c turbos pushing a full sized aircraft not only is it underpowered but the wing loading looks like it may be a tad high. If it had a third or fourth engine I'd say OK or a wingspan about a foot or three wider...

N.
 
Nah...give me a Cri Cri jet over this any day.:)

I must admit...watching it take off felt like someone had copied over the wrong sound folder in FS!:icon_lol::icon_lol:
 
Aircraft Specifications:
• Airframe: Sirocco NG (modified)
• Power Plant: Twin JetCat P200SX Turbine Engines
• Fuselage Construction: Carbon/Kevlar epoxy
• Overall Length: 5.8m
• Wing Construction: High density foam ribs with carbon fibre rib caps and carbon fibre leading edge sheeting covered in Oratex polyester fabric
• Wing Span: 7.6m
• Calculated Wing Area: 11.3 sqm (~121.6 ft2)
• Empty Weight: 101 kg
• Wing Loading: 9.0 kgs/m2 (~1.84 lb/ft2)
• Cruise Speed: 65kt (provisional)
• Max Speed: 100kt (provisional)
• Fuel Capacity: 46 litres
• Endurance: 45 minutes

source: http://www.pilotweb.aero/content/articles/view_article.aspx?id=3817

and comments from one of the builders here: http://forums.bmaa.org/default.aspx?m=109647&f=17&p=1
http://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=74131
 
LD, I'd like to see you chase this and try to bite the tires. LOL

Might be a good one for a new Jet Class at Reno.
 
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