mitchell b-10 jet ultralight

[snarfinigus]

Lets see, girlfriend or jet powered ultralight???? Can it be any simpler than this gents?

[cobrachoppergirl]

Build it with a valveless pulse jet, and then you have something truly wild to tantalize the imagination with.

[Hibryd7]

This is the coolest thing ever.

[TheRClunatic]

@Hibryd7 Most noisy thing evr, you must surely mean? :-)

[cdltpx]

Wonder how well one of those would do on an airboat?

[crimznrose]

@Gerardsp my dad said he'd be willing to talk with anyone interested in their own jet-powered ultralight. You can friend & message him on FaceBook. User ID is 1122362325 or search Jamey Gordon.

[EMT308]

Oh my gosh I NEED ONE! I would love to buzz my neighbors cows with that!

[crimznrose]

@EMT308 if you're interested message me and I'll see if my dad still deals and tinkers with these engines. I know this original ultralight was sold then crashed and sold back to him. last i saw it, it was a wreck in his back yard but he's def the guy to talk to if you want to fly your own jet-powered ultralight.

[Gerardsp]

@crimznrose is your dad still manufacturing kits, or selling plans, for this wonderful jet powered ultralight? Please reply and let me know either way, and if not, who the supplier is. Thank you. The video was magnificent too.

[robertjohndeere1]

Uh, the screen on the movie shows nearly 180 mph, that's illegal in the ultralight, max is around 64 mph full throttle.

[mcnabadl1]

im suprised that the FAA hasnt told you you cant do this lol

[kylemontanaro]

@mcnabadl1 same here with EASA

[crimznrose]

@mcnabadl1 we actually took this thing up to Osh Kosh for the air show years ago - this was in the 90s so not sure if FAA has changed regulations regarding ultralight since but they had no problems at the air show.

[mcnabadl1]

@crimznrose man, what i would do to get my hands on that thing ;)

[TheGoodShepherd2325]

Where do I get one, and how much?

[crimznrose]

@TheGoodShepherd2325 If you seriously want to inquire about something like this, message me and I'll see if my dad still works with these engines and would be willing to put together a kit.

[sccadu]

Very cool

[modelcitizen72]

thanks for providing this without music! soundtracks ruin perfectly good footage of interesting things in action, in my opinion.

[dexter2433]

to bad it is so loud

[edmonton67]

@dexter2433 Awesome that it is so loud!!

[xgi36]

Thank you for giving an option of NOT having music. Great video,

Thanks

[MicahShoemaker]

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.

[msnpassjan2004]

Looks like a blast !

[aaronlikesalex]

fake and gay

[crimznrose]

@aaronlikesalex not fake at all. this was my dad and what he did instead of spending time with us kids. he also had a hand in the creation of the dixie chopper with the jet engine on the back.

[JuanPapaNicolao]

Man thats gotta be fun

[JaleelJohanson62]

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.

[jjrichey]

I'd love to put one of those in a Sadler Vampire ultralight...you'd have a nice little jet then!

[hazmat440]

who makes the engine JFS 100?

[LateNightCable]

Gas turbine ultraights now. Wow, maybe these are the good old days.

[LarryCanFly]

Is that Jim Gordon? Does he have access to hundreds of those engines? How can I contact him?

[jxaxmxixn]

haha! sweet! just wonder how much you have into the ultralight?

[Br0kenmachine]

How many pounds of thrust does the engine have? 80?

[JAROSLAVAGINA]

hahahaha are you kidding me? that's awesome. it sounds like a fighter or something flying by.  that's amazing.

[dwax55]

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

[cmpilot]

Any pitch or yaw worries with this flying wing? Should a novice ultralight pilot be careful?

[arnold02000]

Hi, I love it. What kind of fuel consumption does it have?

[myndenway]

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.

[dbrain78]

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!

[myndenway]

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.

[dbrain78]

@dbrain78 i was just informed that it actually had only 3 gallons of fuel on board (two 1.5 gallon tanks)

[happymerc]

ya the only reason they do it is that it's high horsepower per unit of weight.

[crimznrose]

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.

[reyes300]

Awsome!!!

[CrankYanker606]

This is possibly the lightest fixed-wing jet aircraft... ever. Did you build the engine yourself, or was it adapted from an existing commercial design?

[dbrain78]

it was actually a starter engine for an A-7 Corsair, but was converted to a pure jet. it's a garrett jfs (jet fuel starter) 100. thanks for watching!!