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Based on the spec I'm guessing it is an AMT Nike Five engines in the render, assume 1 is redundant: 705lbs to metric: 3134N. Divide by 4 = 784N which is _exac
by votingprawn 8y ago
Based on the spec I'm guessing it is an AMT Nike
Five engines in the render, assume 1 is redundant:
705lbs to metric: 3134N. Divide by 4 = 784N which is _exactly_ the max thrust of a Nike.
- dmayman 8y agoYes you are correct. We are also working on our turbofan. Way better sfc, quieter and cooler exhaust.
- votingprawn 8y agoDoing some bistromaths on the stated hover performance. With a 231lb empty weight, 180lb rider, and 5 gallons of kerosene (ultra light version) you get 104kg + 81kg + 15 kg = 200kg sfc of a Nike is 40 grams / (kN second) (Should have gone with Hawk ;) ) Lets say hover thrust on a nice still day will be around ~ 1.9kN -> 76.7grams per second of flight. Assuming I've not made any mistakes that gives roughly 3.5 minutes of hovering flight on that 15kg of fuel (ignoring the fact the vehicle gets slightly lighter as the fuel burns off). That sort of matches up with the spec, assuming the 10-22 minutes stated is for a lighter human on the experimentally licensed version of the vehicle.