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No Trip to the Mall
...higher-horsepower or uncommon models, this number could be higher. If you’ve built a turbine kit plane, for example, the number of hours required will increase dramatically. For most non-complex, tailwheel...
2014 Kit Aircraft Buyer’s Guide
...of the spectrum from the Turbine Evolution is Sonex Aircraft’s Onex. You could probably buy a fleet of 50 Onex airplanes for the price of a single Turbine Evolution, but...
Down to Earth
...you are turbine powered there is always engine bleed air for heating air inlets, wings and tail surfaces. You might find this equipment on a tricked-out Lancair Evolution, but probably...
The Ownership Experience
...to cool off the cabin with the flick of a switch on a 100° day. The powerful Pratt & Whitney turbine handles this chore effortlessly. A larger cabin door makes...
Editor’s Log
...can make that happen! In the final episode of a series about a husband and wife team and their Lancair Turbine Evolution, we look in on the Solesbees to see...
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...
What’s New
Wicks Aircraft Offers Comprehensive O-Ring Assortment Wicks Aircraft is now offering a large yet inexpensive solution to the problem of finding the right O-ring at the right time. “The temptation...
Ask the DAR
...same “type” as the engine being replaced. If you were changing to a different type of engine such as a turbine, that would be a different matter. Likewise, if you...
2013 Rotorcraft Buyer’s Guide
...The biggest regulatory challenge can be getting approval for alternative engines, if the alternative engine is a turbine. It seems that more and more Experimental helicopters are being built as...
Alternative Energies
...self-launching JetHawk with a 240-pounds-thrust TJ-100 retractable turbine engine, requiring an 8-inch fuselage stretch and a new vertical tail for lower drag, with slightly more area than the DuckHawk’s. Windward...
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Flight Review: Four to Tango
Chuck Berthe puts Team Tango’s Foxtrot 4 through its paces, and finds it to be a capable aircraft with the potential to be even better as the design is refined.
