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Thracian
Whoa:
https://youtu.be/iSFRBU5t8eI
Wait!
495k GBP (well, maybe + VAT + 2 weeks of owner operator factory work at Hill Helicopter's)?
That's about 545k Euros or 660k US Dollars.
And 5000 hours on condition maintenance schedule come as the icing on this cake? Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not a native english speaker and might have missed some "details".
For a brand new single turbine 5 seater this sound very attractive - if you can live with the "private use only" stamp and if you can wait until 2023.
They say that the "commercial" version of this machine will be available about 3 years later and for about double the price point.
Of course, we'll have to se the flying prototypes in action, but man, this sounds (and only sounds until now) amazing.
Thracian
Super impressive proposed price, I'd have expected at least 5x that.
Either they have achieved an Elon Musk like efficiency improvement in turbine engine manufacture or they are just deluded engineers.
Has anyone done a reality check on this effort?