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Flight Review: Lancair Launches the Piston Evolution
Development of new high-end aircraft—kitbuilt or production line, your choice—might leave you thinking that everybody has come down with a bad case of Turbine Fever. Why is that? They (turbines)...
Still Searching for Speed
...can’t enjoy flying if you’re dead.” Lancair IV/IV-P Turbine Lancair IV/IV-P Turbine Cruise: 322 kt Climb: <10 min Fuel efficiency: 10 mpg Seats: 4 Payload: 514 lb Rang:e 1216 nm...
The Ultimate Amphib
...Orchard said. Then he grinned and added, “Besides that, turbines sound cool.” The decision was made: a turbine Moose on amphibs. It had been done before, but that airplane was...
Turbo Power, Part 3
...the turbine A/R (nozzle size) by swapping the turbine housing for a larger one was not going to be possible because we already had the biggest one (0.83 A/R) installed....
Return of the Turbo-Compound
...turbine, hook me to a turbine, hook me to a turbine! Anybody who has been around a Mazda rotary-powered race car without a muffler can understand the tremendous kinetic energy...
Highly Evolved
...fuel is introduced and the work is done. The first turbine power wheel powers the compressor section and the two subsequent power turbine wheels drive the propeller. This provides for...
Turbine-Powered RV-10
...turbine that TSG repairs and reconditions. As Dimech Turbines, Skoppe has been working on GE Walter 601 turboprop engines since 1991, and he currently repairs and overhauls those engines and...
Turbo Power, Part 1
...the turbine inlet is the part that gets the hottest and handles the most pressure. The EGT drops several hundred degrees across the turbine, and the pressure at the turbine...
Build Your Skills: Composites (Part 11)
...dispersed-so these guns are relegated to water-based paints. That led to turbine guns. These use a small turbine blowing warm air through a large diameter hose to generate 3 to...
To Launch a Light Sport
...easy use is the turbine. The goal is painting, and it’s simple to really sort it out with the turbine. For versatility, the compressor system gets the nod 3-0. You...
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Letters
Sawtooth MythIn his article All About Avionics: EFIS Dreams Stein Bruch complains about the...
Light Stuff
Having completed his Vans RV-12 ELSA, Dave Martin revisits a weekend Repairman Inspection course to prepare for his first annual condition inspection.
Failure to Launch
This month’s column is not about unmotivated or overaged adolescents living in Mom’s basement,...
