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Permalink Reply by Jake Stew on April 30, 2012 at 5:32pm

   There's no reason to be embarrassed Brad.  Your analysis was enlightening and reasonable, even if it wasn't well grounded in actual real world numbers.

   As far as the APU is concerned... I called Honeywell and they wanted a specific part number.  I told them I was just looking off of their brochure.  The lady said there are a number of different units under that same model number, but that they range from $700k-1M.  That seems kind of steep to me too, but that's what I was told.  I can PM you her name and extension if you want to negotiate with them.  It did take a bit of phone system navigating to even reach someone who could give me a price range.

   Long story short... nobody has yet been able to even propose a viable gas-electric hybrid flying machine.  So the next time someone says it can be done... Just tell them "Well nobody's done it yet, so prove it!"

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Dunlop on April 30, 2012 at 11:23am

I wouldn't build a hybrid for its possible efficiency gains (although I do commend the research).

I'd build it for its endurance.

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Permalink Reply by Brad Hughey on May 2, 2012 at 6:12am

Yeah, sheesh, you'd think I was trying to sell carbon credits in the Fox News forums!

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Permalink Reply by Dr John Lannigan on May 4, 2012 at 5:23am

Andrew,

            We are not aiming for efficiency either, its the endurance. The target of whatever we get off the ground, is 45 mins minimum flight time. If we add efficiency later, hopefully the flight time will increase with what we have.

There isn't a lot of data available at all in this field, what there is, is contradictory and confusing to say the least!

This topic, and its contributors, have given me more information and idea's then Google has in this area.

To date, assimilating all this information, given by members, has just reinforced the belief, that brute force and gut feeling is the way to go, but adding the help and info given here, it now has a finer and more positive direction.

Originally when i posted this, i found confusing information on a Kyosho engine, even the website contradicted what i had read,  HP between 0.5 and 2.5 at 29,000RPM and unsure of what power was required to lift a lump into the air. Subsequent postings have enlightened me enormously. 

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Permalink Reply by Jake Stew on May 7, 2012 at 10:33am

For what it's worth, I wish you the best of luck.  And I hope that you will share your progress and findings here with us.

There are sure to be some applications that will make a hybrid design worthwhile.

-Jake

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