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The Ultimate Upgrade

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...are searching for the ultimate upgrade. Wendell and Martha Solesbee. They’re still standing… and still smiling. If the Lancair Evolution begins taking shape in your mind as you read this,...

The Ultimate Upgrade

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...very good about providing these upgrades free to early kit builders. Getting in Gear The Evolution’s hydraulic gear system is typical of larger airplanes from the certified world. The gear...

The Ultimate Upgrade

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  Wendell and Martha Solesbee have been working for almost two years assembling their Lancair Evolution and are now nearing the end of that process. When we last checked in...

The Ultimate Upgrade

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...electrical problems it was easy to fix but hard to find. Lancair, much to its credit, upgraded the maingear legs free of charge to early builders, but there seemed to...

The Ultimate Upgrade

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  On a clear winter day with a light breeze blowing out of the west, Lancair Evolution N7LH made the leap from project to airplane as it jumped off the...

The Ultimate Upgrade

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...the plane you trained in will be like the one you ultimately fly, even if that means some stifling of the builder’s creativity. It is a trade-off that Lancair made...

Glass Panel Upgrade

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...certainly had been contemplating an upgrade for many years. Having become accustomed to a Garmin GNS 530 in my Wheeler Express, followed by a recent upgrade to a GTN 750,...

Small Screen Upgrade!

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...and the continued growth afforded by its beefier processor. Things like the glide circle, the ability to see sectionals and upgrades with emergency functions and envelope protection meant that the...

G3X Upgrade

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...told him I was going to do a panel upgrade at the start of the airshow season. Several team members have done panel upgrades in the past, from minor changes...

Lycoming IO-390 Upgrade

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...upgrade? Finally, the choice I made was to have an Experimental version of the IO-390 built by the folks at G&N Aircraft, Inc. in Griffith, Indiana. Ten more horsepower, roller...

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