Paul wrote:

150 pounds of thrust at 250 MPH is 100 HP
Not enough. If you can't go 350 or faster a jet is not worth it.

Perhaps a prone pilot scale 747.

Russell Kent wrote:

Are you nuts?  4 engines at $5K each (the price of the *smaller* jet, not
this one) is $20K!  Why, I can almost buy a new IO-360 for that! ;-)

Russell Kent

 
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