Dave:
Please review the beginning of this thread. You will see several (3) pictures posted by my colleague in the UK. One is of Felipe Nieto holding the delta wing test bed for the Flea. The Flea has been and continues to fly using this airframe. As previously stated by myself, a new airframe is about to take flight as well; L-59 Albatros from Hobby Lobby International.
Reviewing basic mathematics, we fill a 20 ounce tank, taxi out, take off and fly. We land within the time frame of 9 to ten minutes and taxi back. Not only is there fuel (small amount) remaining in the 20 ounce tank, but the UAT remains full as it should. That my astute readers and friends is 2 ounces (or even slightly less) per minute. You must interpolate into this basic mathematic calculation, that the nine minutes flown is not WOT. Few if any pilots I know of fly WOT from take off to landing. There is little or no logic in this type of flying. What is important here is you can fly nine minutes on 20 ounces of fuel enjoying this little gem while it pushes the airframe of choice through the flight routine you have chosen to fly.
For those of you seriously interested in WOT fuel consumption figures, we will test this and post it. The value of this figure is not as important as the value of normal flight / fuel consumption.
Our Rhino @ 36 lb of thrust consumes at WOT 17 ounces which is about the same as the Titan. However, take into fact that those who have purchased and flown the Rhino report less fuel consumption because they now can fly the throttle stick due to the Rhino's very fast throttle response. No longer a need to worry about spool up times. Fuel consumption feedback from our customers is in the 14 ounce per minute range. The point? Customers are happy getting better results than WOT consumption. Customer satisfaction is what is number one on our list of priorities.
Rob is totally correct when he states this is not a comparison between Wren and the Jet-Central Flea. Both companies produce fine turbines each having their own niche in the market place. Each with their customer being the most important factor in their business.
Sincerely,
Eric Clapp
Distributor North America
Jet-Central Turbines
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