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Old 04-16-2007 | 11:56 AM
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Default RE: Move to EDF jets?

I couldn't agree more with Gordon.

EDF taking over? Not gonna happen. However, you will see turbine guys playing with EDF's on the side and EDF guys continuing to play with turbines. Lots of cross polination but mostly the turbojet powerplant fills the high end need for heavy iron, raw performance, scale flight/sound/smell, etc.

At this point a basic advantage in operational performance the turbine engine enjoys is the raw power density kerosene gives to the powerplant. Plus, one can fuel and go with a turbojet, putting in multiple flights within an hour. EDF still has motor duty cycle limitations based on heat soaking in the motors no matter how many battery packs one may have charged and ready to fly.

There is enough fun to go around in model jets. No one powerplant has all the benefits or to the contrary all the disadvantages.