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Published: 2015-05-09 17:16:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 429; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 1
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I'll admit, I'd probably be too afraid to even fly this thing. It's a kit plane from Sonex Aircraft that comes with a jet engine. It puts out about 250lbs of thrust, meaning that if you wanted to fly a Boeing 737 using that little engine, you'd need 104 of them.Related content
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Sonex Aircraft introduced this in 2013. Essentially it's a Waiex airframe that's reinforced to handle the stresses of that jet on it's back. They demonstrated one at Oshkosh last year.
Nice shot.
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The BD-5J had a Sermel jet engine, there was a self-launching sailplane called a Prue(?) that had a small American made jet engine(I don't know the name of the engine). Thank you for the information!
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I bet it would be fun to fly that little thing, like the BD5
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I would be terrified. For one it's so... small! The guy flying it could barely fit in it, and I'm rather tall so... And look at the size of those wheels!
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