RE: Theoretical question
Hi
If you look at the Yellow advert for the F 22 it says that the plane needs either 2 x KB 82 on Dynamaxes or one 28lb thrust turbine.
A Kb 82 driving a dynamax would give around 12lb or thrust if you are lucky ( perfect duct geometry etc). So two of them would produce 24lb of thrust under ideal conditions. Personnal I think you would be lucky to get 20 lb total out of the pair of them.
So how this equates to a 28lb thrust turbine I dont understand.
I was thinking along the lines of the twin turbines to provide redundancy. A Super sport is capable of 17 to 18 lb thrust. If I could electronically limit it to 13- 14 lb thrust from the tx and then at the flick of a switch get full power back it if I had a one sided flame out I think would be a great idea. (Assuming Asymetric thrust not being too much of a problem.)
The supersports fuel consumption figures are less than half of the Jetcat 160 so fuel would be around the same. What i would lose out on the weight of two sets of ECU, batteries etc. but as I would go for the manual start version it would not be too much
At the moment it is just in the planning stage hence my question.
Mike
PS Safety and reliablity are my profession as you may have already guessed.