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Staff member
Northwest Arkansas
TURBOPROP 'CUB' IN DEVELOPMENT (From AOPA)
Years ago futurists predicted that one day all of us would use turbine engines in our single-engine aircraft. Now, a 200-horsepower turbine engine has been developed and is on display aboard an airframe similar to a Piper Cub's. The $30,000 engine, built by ATP (Affordable Turbine Power) of Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania, is already flying on a Vans RV-4 and a helicopter. After a planned $5 million certification effort, it will be available to the general market. Until then, it will be offered to the experimental crowd. The engine weighs only 150 to 180 pounds and burns 13.3 gallons of Jet-A fuel per hour (when running at reduced power and 180 hp). The company obtained the patent for the engine in January and hopes to begin deliveries to the experimental market in July. For information, visit the Web site.
Years ago futurists predicted that one day all of us would use turbine engines in our single-engine aircraft. Now, a 200-horsepower turbine engine has been developed and is on display aboard an airframe similar to a Piper Cub's. The $30,000 engine, built by ATP (Affordable Turbine Power) of Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania, is already flying on a Vans RV-4 and a helicopter. After a planned $5 million certification effort, it will be available to the general market. Until then, it will be offered to the experimental crowd. The engine weighs only 150 to 180 pounds and burns 13.3 gallons of Jet-A fuel per hour (when running at reduced power and 180 hp). The company obtained the patent for the engine in January and hopes to begin deliveries to the experimental market in July. For information, visit the Web site.