Aero-TV: Walter Mitty's Near-Jet - The PJ-II Dreamer Ducted Fan
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- Looks Like A Jet, Flies Like A GA Airplane…
While at Sun ‘n Fun 2016, ANN News Editor, Tom Patton, saw a light-airplane that looked like a stylized F-15. The airplane is called the PJ-II “Dreamer”. To get the details, Tom talked with Len Bechtold, who designed the engine for the aircraft, as well as the technical director of design, Ben Kolotilin.
The Design of this fascinating airplane originated in Russia and has now been brought to the United States with the hopes of placing it into production. Kolotilin explains that the intent was to produce a stylized fighter-like airplane with flying characteristics that any general aviation pilot could deal with. He describes the performance as having a high-end speed of about 200 knots with a stall speed in the range of 60 knots.
Len Bechtold got involved in the project to provide the powerplant. The twin ducted fan aircraft is powered by an LS6 modified Corvette engine that is actually mounted inside the fuselage and drives the two ducted fans through a transmission. He explains the gear ratio for the fans allows the 5000 RPM engine to drive the fans at about 6000 RPM.
The video goes into much more detail, and provides some interesting in-flight shots of this unusual airplane in action. By the end of this video you will almost certainly be saying “I want that!”.
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It's been almost 7 years and I haven't heard anything else about this aircraft. Wish they would have succeeded!
They could have used this for filming Top Gun Maverick.
@@airmanbookerwhy
Wait they failed?
Looks like a baby MiG-29! Very cool!
Looks fun and affordable . I want one . Thanks for posting and God Bless.
man never seems to amaze me with his ideas and i want one
I hope it goes into production and succeeds. Awesome looking with seemingly great performance.
I see some mig-29 influence there, but it reminds me of the textron scorpion looks wise.
Nice! Always wondered if ducted fan would work this well in something other than a RC.
I love it, maybe 5 years from now, I could buy one!
that's a cool looking bit of kit.
The thing is...After flying GA for ~ 20 years one thing that interests pilots across all spectrums is the lure of fighter aircraft design. Lets face it, crawling through the clouds in a C172 is not something that will get pilots off the couch after couple hundred hours for the express purpose of a 'fun flight.' Planes like the SF-1 and this baby here could bring the 'FUN' back to GA. Flying for fun, the reason you got your license!Piper, cessna and beechcraft need to wake up - these planes cost a fraction of the big manufactuers and scream fun!
The plane screams to be electrified.
What does that mean? Electrified as in supercharged? Like the Kawasaki H2R?
@@antonis4325 No. Electrified like an electric eel probably, so it can shock any aircraft appearing menacing to it.
Agreed, this needs solar cells all over the tops of the wings and fuselage.
Or to be put double small jet engines.
Hope to own one someday
I know the LS6 engine and it won't last long spinning at 5,000 rpm! I hope that's full throttle take off engine speed and you can cut back 50% throttle for cruising because at 5,000 rpm you're going to have to rebuild the motor after 100 hours...and it doesn't look easy to get to. Besides that what a cool one off gearbox with 2 angled driveshafts running the fans! Really cool shit right there!
kevin Tucker He said the fans are moving 6000 rpm. Not the engine. He probably has that transmission geared to make that speed with the engine at a comfortable throttle level.
I would use the 32v 5.0 Ford like in my 2014 Mustang. It will run all day long at 5-6,000 rpm and not even breathe hard. With the Roush supercharger it puts out 625 HP.... LS engines are known to be lazy, and not like higher RPMs...
A lot less load on the engine than a vett puts on it.
Put two TJ-100's in it. Or TS 100's driving the impellers. These UL gas turbine engines are like less than a quarter the price of a P&W. It would cost like 100 grand for two TJ-100s. Not too much money.
@@tazaxx21 32v Ford engine is 9" wider, 6" taller, and 60lbs heavier than an LS6. I guess you've never built an airplane.
Also, airplane builders aren't looking for highest hp, they're looking for dependability. The more you stress the engine, the less dependable it becomes.
Very nice!
This man and his team is my heroes. I wanna design and build my own aircraft along this idea, but using the marlin engine from the p51 to power it.
Donny Schort I have a similar idea of building a plane like they did but this one for airline lovers. A scaled down version of a 737 or A320 that a GA pilot could fly.
I have this same idea. I want to use these ducted fan types to power different airframe designs that look like other fighter jet types. This Mig 29 / F-15 type looks awesome but I also think an A-10, F-16 (single fan) and F-14 would be awesome for kits. Though I think there needs to a better design on power plant and fan blades. Gotta get those RPMs higher.
What if you put a 2,000 watt speaker system playing jet noise?
Very cool, I'm getting some serious BD-10 vibes from this.
But is sounds like a corvette!!
Fantastic
Fascinating!
EXCELLENT.
Very awesome!
I'd say it's clearly designed after Russo-Italian jet trainer Yakovlev Yak-130 / Aermacchi AEM-130, one of the few, if not the only plane which is both in Russian and NATO service at the same time, even if those variants are not exactly the same.
5000 RPM is rather high for continuous operation. Takeoff would be fine but for cruise 4000RPM would allow for a lot more longevity. Cool looking aircraft for sure.
Wow
ducted fan (propellers in the tube) is pretty much more efficient in fact...wonder why they were not used like this long time ago ?
Cool!
Who else would like a near-jet experience?
Team 38? What happened to the P38 project?
Is it a copy of ARCHON airplane from Greece?
Why cant you show this actually flying? What is the rate of climb? Many suspect that it is underpowered.
What type of pilots license do you need to fly the dreamer
Private or sports
Private. Too fast and heavy for Sports.
none,as long as you know what your doing and dont get caught..I used to take my buddies 152 up all the time without him knowing lol
Cool
Would be cool if the landing gear actually folded in,....great for drag aswell, sadly it doesn't.
Said it is a retractable but they did not have time to get it working before this showing. You can actually see the opening for the strut/wheel to fold up into, behind the front strut on the underbelly.
How is this bird on 2024?
No thrust tube?
hay i thought about that.. but why do you need 6000rpm..id stick with 2000
You need 6k on the props because they are small props.
Chuck a rotary in it, higher rpm
Hi Ben Kolotilin, how cost this aircraft !
Did he mention if they will be bringing it to OSH16?
I read on HBA forum that they could miss OSH16 due to money troubles... sad!
One must be twin rated to fly something like this?
It's a single engine. Why would you need a multi engine rating?
I'm just curious how much weight the hardpoints can handle. If it could have some bombs or an autocannon fitted, it might be quite effective as a cheap COIN aircraft.
manufactured out of composite materials, it could be shot down by an assault rifle.
@@AlexeiKaigorodov just like low flying fighter aircraft!!
Baby Fulcrum.
Looks like baby Su-27
Look like Boeing T-7A
F15+MIG29= ?
I have great admiration for what you have created, but please follow our progress on our hybrid, dual ducted fan, 4-place a/c. It will be unlike anything you have ever seen before, and create excitement in the world of GA that is very much needed!
Tesla Aircraft
Wait till an American GA company join forces with them it will be another Golden Age of Aviation Russain Bulit with Modren avionics . and you can buy it at under $100.000 Dollars for the Basic Model.
All show and no go.
Why no go?
There's not a lot of small 2 seat planes in the 200 mph range.
+kevin Tucker
I'm sure you could retrofit this thing with a jet engine but you wouldn't go very far with the same fuel volume as this has.
If air force shoots it down
Good job Russia
Looks like i will switch to a ducted fan as opposed to propellers in my micro designed wanna-be PZL-230F Skorpion.
Slow and crap! There's gotta be something better than this
Useless. Pointless. Worthless. Now then... Convert it to turbine hybrid electric with twin electric fans. Hmmmmm.......