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mitchell b-10 jet ultralight
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By popular demand this is a little more video of the Mitchell B-10 Ultralight Jet.
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By popular demand this is a little more video of the Mitchell B-10 Ultralight Jet.
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25 Comments
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Man thats gotta be fun
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Very cool! Even the rc jets with jet engines sound like a fighter plane. The weight savings make sense and the smooth ride is another bonus.
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
@dbrain78 i was just informed that it actually had only 3 gallons of fuel on board (two 1.5 gallon tanks)
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Is that Jim Gordon? Does he have access to hundreds of those engines? How can I contact him?
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
haha! sweet! just wonder how much you have into the ultralight?
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
who makes the engine JFS 100?
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Gas turbine ultraights now. Wow, maybe these are the good old days.
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Looks like a blast !
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
fake and gay
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
ya the only reason they do it is that it’s high horsepower per unit of weight.
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
I’d love to put one of those in a Sadler Vampire ultralight…you’d have a nice little jet then!
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
to bad it is so loud
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Thank you for giving an option of NOT having music. Great video,
Thanks
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Hmmm, I have Tiernay ME series APU I have been wondering what I should do with other than run it on a test stand, this is perhaps an awesome answer! Did you just build a nozzle to turn an APU’s minimal amount of thrust into a far greater amount of thrust? I was thinking turboprop since it is a shaft driver engine I have but it is direct drive on the shaft at 10k rpm when turbine is at 52k rpm.
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
thanks for providing this without music! soundtracks ruin perfectly good footage of interesting things in action, in my opinion.
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
How many pounds of thrust does the engine have? 80?
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
hahahaha are you kidding me? that’s awesome. it sounds like a fighter or something flying by. that’s amazing.
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Jim
Enjoyed seeing the Mitchell Wing on YouTube.
We still watch the original first flight video you sent several years ago. Regards, Bill and Dennis
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
NO problem, still an impressive thing. It’s just too bad that they are not practical from a fuel perspective, or at least not practical for a longer flight. Then there is the problem of finding one of these engines as surplus. New, they would be tens of thousands of dollars. THere is a 150 lbs/thrust engine, about 28 HP, made by some model get engine company, and they want about $25,000 for it. lol.
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
thanks for the explanation. it usually only flew for 30 minutes with 5 gallons of fuel aboard. with the prop engine flight times of upwards 4 hours were pretty usual. thanks again!
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
It uses about 117 lbs of fuel per hour! This is why pure jet engines are not used in these applications. Their fuel consumption is outrageous for the amount of power they produce. A four-stroke prop engine producing the same HP would consume about 18 lbs of fuel per hour. Airliners have high bypass turbofans which is another creature all together.
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Any pitch or yaw worries with this flying wing? Should a novice ultralight pilot be careful?
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Hi, I love it. What kind of fuel consumption does it have?
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Hi Bro!!! Can’t believe you have these old videos of dad’s.
Send it to Letterman….they had a jet powered recliner on last night.
August 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Awsome!!!