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American Helicopter XH-26 tip jet helicopter - photo and video
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2 hours aloft? Ok, I'm impressed. Couldn't be more than a 20 gallon tank, and under pilot for low CG.
Has to be while a potentially less efficient power, it leaves off a heavier drive, piston or turbine motor, all the added controls. That weight eats fuel, the hardware consumes maintenance time.
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Originally Posted by
Toolmaker51
2 hours aloft? Ok, I'm impressed. Couldn't be more than a 20 gallon tank, and under pilot for low CG.
Has to be while a potentially less efficient power, it leaves off a heavier drive, piston or turbine motor, all the added controls. That weight eats fuel, the hardware consumes maintenance time.
sounds like propaganda stats to me. I wonder if they relied on centrifugal force to feed the jet engines?
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The likelihood of both is possible, propaganda & fuel supply.
In fact I forget which is harder to prove.
