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Old 17th Sep 2018, 09:41
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Andy_RR
 
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Originally Posted by Dick Smith
What currently available aircraft has the best SFC?

Would it be a motor glider?
No - small, low-power engines don't tend to make spectacular SFCs because the surface/volume ratio of the combustion chamber is heading down the toilet however SFC is only part of a very large picture and making loads of shaft power efficiently is pointless if you blow most of it away with poor aero and thrust efficiency.
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