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Mike Patey is a Youtube guy I occasionally watch who builds (amongst other things) race planes. He built "The fastest single engine turbine plane in the world"
by bigiain 2y ago
Mike Patey is a Youtube guy I occasionally watch who builds (amongst other things) race planes.
He built "The fastest single engine turbine plane in the world"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pUpJz6QbBk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pUpJz6QbBk
It was "only" just over 1000hp.
It didn't end well (but at least nobody died):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swo_FHGkfCM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swo_FHGkfCM
I'm 100% certain "full military power" aircraft are well outside the set of compromises general aviation pilots are prepared to accept. (And probably outside what the FAA would allow you to build and fly?) I wonder what the service 8intervals were on a 1490hp Mustang? (Did they even bother with "service intervals" on planes that probably didn't come home often enough to make it to the 2nd service?)
- throwanem 2y ago> I wonder what the service intervals were on a 1490hp Mustang? "For some airplanes, such as the P-51D, use of WEP [war emergency power] required that the engine be inspected for damage before returning to the air.[4] 5 hours' total use of WEP on the P-51D required a complete tear-down inspection of the engine.[4]" Considerably more than a mere 1500hp, though, by at least some accounts. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_emergency_power https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_emergency_power