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  1. J

    The BuzzProp - light weight power with only one moving part

    Your idea sounds very similar to one that the American sailplane designer Richard Schreder worked on. Schreder's implementation utilized 2 steel blades and had the valve chamber in the center hub with the nozzles at the blade tips. It worked somewhat, but the intense heat passing through the...
  2. J

    Harbour Air commits to going electric

    Having flown with Harbor Air a number of times from both their Vancouver and Seattle bases, I think I can see that this idea is a perfect match for electric power (although I admit an electric seaplane seems like the wrong application at first). A good portion of their fleet is used for...
  3. J

    GE/T406 Engine. What would you design / build?

    Could you post a picture of this engine? Cessna never built any Citations with GE engines. Still not at all sure which engine you are referring to. That makes it impossible to provide any useful comment.
  4. J

    GE/T406 Engine. What would you design / build?

    Are you sure you know what kind of engine you have? The only thing I can find that almost matches your description is a J69-T-406 engine from Teledyne CAE (license built Turbomecca Marbore). The J69 is most famous as the engine from the T-37 (Tweet) Air Force trainer, however, the T-406...
  5. J

    Distributed Electric Propulsion

    Thanks Mark for participating in this forum, I find your research fascinating. I do have a question regarding landing however. Since the concept relies upon powered lift, how would an approach and landing be accomplished? You need the motors on the wing leading edge providing thrust/flow...
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