Absolutely, positively useless but true!

[PTK]

It would take me in my J approx. one full engine TBO or 2449 hours, to fly round trip to the moon. 1225 hrs one way!

LOP of course!

[Rwsavory]

That reminds me of a song.

[Jamie]

You're forgetting the solar (tail) wind.

 

The trip back would be longer, of course.

[aviatoreb]

It would take me in my J approx. one full engine TBO or 2449 hours, to fly round trip to the moon. 1225 hrs one way!

LOP of course!

 

It wouldn't work.  You would need a massive turbo to boost the interplanetary space thin "atmosphere" enough to make for enough gases in your engine to allow a composition event.  Alternatively if you carry all the oxygen on board in tanks, I am sure you would exceed FAA mandated weight and balance.  And without any air - what will the prop push against. 

 

Then again, once you leave earths atmosphere and gravitational pull, you could just turn off the engine and just coast....but then you would not exceed the TBO that way anyway.

 

What did good ol' Frank say?  Fly me to the Moon!

[Jamie]

Meh. This sort analogy was actually used on a nova or something recently. One of the super giant stars had a circumference large enough it'd take a 747 something like 1000 years to fly around it. Big.

 

Funny you didn't mention the real problem.... it's not even slightly pressurized.

[fantom]

It would take me in my J approx. one full engine TBO or 2449 hours, to fly round trip to the moon.

 

[PTK]

How lucky we are to be alive on this perfect planet!

Life as we know it evolved on our earth precisely because this perfect planet continues to present the circumstances that foster life.

Things we take for granted like gravity, magnetic field, stable rotation and temperature control, water level and solid ground, moon, etc etc. all allowed life to begin, protected and continue to protect it through the millennia giving it the half chance it needs to continue in so many forms.

[HopePilot]

Unlike all of the naysayers who would poo poo on your dream, I'd like to encourage you in your quest by giving you specific advice.  First, buy as many weather balloons as possible and attach them to your plane (naturally get the necessary STC approvals):

 

http://www.amazon.com/30ft-Professional-Weather-Balloon-1200g/dp/B00513FWQI/ref=pd_cp_hi_2

 

 

Use them to get to the edge of space and then ignite the rockets that you have strapped to the wings of your plane (I'll let others argue on the best choice of equipment).  Breaking free of earth's gravity, you will use the gravitational pull of the moon to make the rest of the journey and then slingshot back to earth using the same methodology.  I'm afraid you won't be able to land, but hey...we're trying to keep it simple.

 

Here's the calculus you'll need:

 

http://courses.ncssm.edu/math/NCSSM%20Student%20Materials/InvestigationsTrimester%203/Moon.pdf

[davidsguerra]

you'd get there faster in a Mooney Rocket

[jetdriven]

You could get there at the same time in the Wright Flyer. There's no drag in space, so all those fairings, retractible gear, and motors and stuff are not needed.

[aviatoreb]

Unlike all of the naysayers who would poo poo on your dream, I'd like to encourage you in your quest by giving you specific advice.  First, buy as many weather balloons as possible and attach them to your plane (naturally get the necessary STC approvals):

 

http://www.amazon.com/30ft-Professional-Weather-Balloon-1200g/dp/B00513FWQI/ref=pd_cp_hi_2

 

 

Use them to get to the edge of space and then ignite the rockets that you have strapped to the wings of your plane (I'll let others argue on the best choice of equipment).  Breaking free of earth's gravity, you will use the gravitational pull of the moon to make the rest of the journey and then slingshot back to earth using the same methodology.  I'm afraid you won't be able to land, but hey...we're trying to keep it simple.

 

Here's the calculus you'll need:

 

http://courses.ncssm.edu/math/NCSSM%20Student%20Materials/InvestigationsTrimester%203/Moon.pdf

 

Ah - now that kind of computation is something I know a bit more than a little bit about.  Here is a paper that spun off from my old thesis about some unusual low energy orbits that are possible to the Moon:

 

http://people.clarkson.edu/~ebollt/Papers/Bollt-Meiss-ToTheMoonThruRecurrence.pdf

[Piloto]

The only way I see you flying to the Moon is when you get your feather wings. Don't worry under Obamacare you will get yours when you turn 65.

 

José

[Hank]

Must be a pre-Obama photo, they're in their 20s . . . Guaranteed I won't look nearly that good at 65, seeing's how I never have. :-) But whatguy ever did?

[Piloto]

Must be a pre-Obama photo, they're in their 20s . . . Guaranteed I won't look nearly that good at 65, seeing's how I never have. :-) But whatguy ever did?

 

They are the feather wings flight instructors.

[PTK]

The only way I see you flying to the Moon is when you get your feather wings. Don't worry under Obamacare you will get yours when you turn 65.

 

José

 

 

 

 

I thought about this long and hard. I've decided, although reluctantly, that the moon is kind of far with no fuel stops along the way.  No contingencies if Newton's first law doesn't work out as planned!

 

I'm staying on this angelic planet!

[aviatoreb]

I thought about this long and hard. I've decided, although reluctantly, that the moon is kind of far with no fuel stops along the way.

 

I'm staying on this angelic planet!

 

Beam me up Scottie!

[Sable1]

They are the feather wings flight instructors.

Wow, looks like I need some recurrent training!  BFR, IPC, Comm;l, ME.....

[Hank]

I thought about this long and hard. I've decided, although reluctantly, that the moon is kind of far with no fuel stops along the way.  No contingencies if Newton's first law doesn't work out as planned!

 

I'm pretty sure that if you don't achieve escape velocity, Newton's 1st Law will bring you right back down . . .

[fantom]

I'm staying on this angelic planet!

 

[eaglebkh]

Very interesting hypothetical!  Did you account having to aim for where the Moon will be in 1225 hours (51 days)?  Of course, that will lead to a new Moon position and a new ETE.  I like computers...

[davidsguerra]

You could get there at the same time in the Wright Flyer. There's no drag in space, so all those fairings, retractible gear, and motors and stuff are not needed.

its a joke. Rocket.. flying to the moon. lol