Turboprop for Sonex?..
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 12:00 pm
by GraemeSmith
130hp
5 gph
180lb weight
3,000 hour TBO
https://www.turbotech-aero.com/solutions/#turboprop
Who wants to try it first? 
Re: Turboprop for Sonex?..
Posted: Tue May 31, 2022 6:35 pm
by racaldwell
Sounds like the specs for my CAMit 3300. About the same on everything listed.
I can blow thru Vne in level flight.
Rick Caldwell
Xenos 0057 39 hrs ph 1
Re: Turboprop for Sonex?..
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:34 pm
by lakespookie
well the advantage rick is that it burns jet a and turbines are typically more reliable but i dont belive the 5 gph and it will probably cost 100k
Re: Turboprop for Sonex?..
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 10:11 am
by racaldwell
Now that Jet A is more expensive than 100LL, that isn’t an advantage to me anymore here in FL. I’ll believe the reliability aspect of a new turbine engine design when I see the track record near the PT6 level. You would think with the simpler, fewer parts design of a turbine, that it would be less expensive than a ICE. I think electric motors will become the norm in the future and the turbines will never make it into the majority homebuilt aircraft market.
Rick Caldwell
Xenos 0057 39 hrs ph 1
Re: Turboprop for Sonex?..
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2022 8:32 pm
by lakespookie
Finally found a cost estimate 65k Euros
Re: Turboprop for Sonex?..
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2022 12:33 am
by BRS
lakespookie wrote:Finally found a cost estimate 65k Euros
That means little until they start showing some sales. In the mean time I’ll keep dreaming about it.