Manufacturer: COMP-LET, s.r.o., Test GlidersĬertification Type: Experimental - Exhibition & RacingĬlimb rate (MTOW 2 persons 98% RPM): 1000+ ft/min It was 0-times by PBS with the latest upgrades in March of 2016, and now has 27 hours (300 hour TBO). It features an integral starter/generator, spark ignition (not a glow plug), recirculating oil system (not fuel/oil mix), integrated system, FADEC, automatic starting and cooldown. The PBS TJ-100 engine is a real jet enigne (not a scaled up R/C model engine). Basic soaring instruments, LX digital engine display with SD card (front), PBS digital engine display (rear), Mountain High two place oxygen system, Beringer disc brakes, ballistic parachute, 2010 Avionic clamshell trailer, MM Fabrication wing dolly and towbar, and wing and tail GoPro mounts. The BonusJet is being sold with all of the goodies needed to make it an easy aircraft to own and fly. It does not require any special authorization to fly, simply a motorglider endoresement. Everyone who has flown it has raved about its elegant simplicity and how much FUN it is to fly. It has even been approved by the FAA for 'comparable aircraft' training toward authorizations in airplanes which us the TJ-100 engine. The BonusJet has been flying regularly from Moriarty, NM (6200' elevation), and has been used to demonstrate the virtues of jet powered sailplanes to dozens of interested pilots. It has fixed main and nose gear, so it great for beginning soaring pilots. With a high wing aspect ratio and L/D of 40:1, it is capable of good cross country soaring performance, and will run with most sport class gliders. No messy fuel/oil mixing and mogas pumping.ĭue to its relatively low weight, the BonusJet handles like a single place ship. The BonusJet has over-wing fill portsk and its TJ-100 Jet engine runs on straight Jet-A fuel. With no vigrating two-stroke engine or propeller, the BonusJet's climb and cruise is magic-smooth. The BonusJet will launch two people from even the highest mountain airports safely, simply and reliably. No other soaring motor glider will out-climb the BonusJet. It features one-touch engine extension or retraction, one-touch endinge starting, 1000 ft/min climb with two people, a comfortable best climb speed of 75 knots, and an engine-extended glide of 28:1. The TsT-14 BonusJet is the first practical jet powered self-launching two place sailplane.

Motorized glider