You can buy RCJI each issue like everyone else and read the results. They are as close as possible because all results are adjusted to for common atmospheric conditions, tested on the same thrust rig, same fuel type etc.
Looking through the table there are a lot that don’t make the thrust figures stated on the manufacturers web sites, fuel consumption is one thing I completely ignore from everyone, I guarantee even through a batch of turbines the fuel use varies. Those manufacturers that ensure the turbine make at least the stated thrust have to adjust mechanics and sometimes electronic parameters to reach a figure they are already struggling to make, so more fuel will be used by these units.
Anyone who has built turbines will know 10 identical sets of parts produce turbines that do not run the same. Smaller the engine, more fussy they are.
JetCat like to have some margin, so when you operate their engines away from sea level perfect conditions you still get something like the stated thrust, I guarantee some manufacturers engines are way below once it gets hot and high.
End of the day you want a reliable turbine, that is number 1, everything else is secondary
JetCat fanboy…are you new to this rodeo? Yes, I’ve been involved since 1996…before they started full production 25 years ago this year.