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Engine Mounts
...Load for the Road Because the engine is usually the heaviest component in a small airplane, its location is critical to the all-important center of gravity. Turbine engines are light...
Editor’s Log
...that much more exciting to follow. This month we also begin a new series on building a Lancair Turbine Evolution. I know what some of you may be thinking…. Yes,...
Pilot Proficiency
...the first flight of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. And the first flight in a Cuby is different from the first flight of a Lancair Turbine Evolution. All of these...
More Than a Science Project
...in chief of EAA publications. As a freelancer hes written for Air & Space Smithsonian, Overhaul & Maintenance, Aviation for Women, Twin & Turbine and a number of non-aviation titles....
Sebring at Seven
...shows its new twin tailboom configuration. Kevin Kerwin from California showed off his beautiful new single-seat Composite X helicopter with its 50-hp Mosquito engine. A Solar turbine engine is an...
Letters
...He is also incorrect in comparing rotary engine balance to turbine. Apparently he never sat toward the rear of an MD-80, hearing and feeling the harmonic vibration of the JT8D-217....
Makes You Go Hmmm
...terrific centrifugal force on the rotor bearing at speeds of 10,000 rpm or more. Turbine engines are also subject to the same centrifugal force limits on compressor and turbine blades....
Engine Beat
...a complete core, something to be disassembled and rebuilt before first flight. Well look into each option. Buy Now or Buy Later? There’s a temptation for enthusiastic kit buyers to...
Safety Is No Accident: Auto-Engine Conversions
...M-14Ps, and other foreign reciprocating engines) and Turbine (all jets and turboprops) The number of accidents involving aircraft with the last three categories is low enough to be statistically insignificant....
Wind Tunnel
...the duct behind it. This is particularly important for inlets that feed air to turbine or turbofan engines, as turbo machinery can be sensitive to turbulence in the incoming air....
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Alternative Energies
In his debut column, Dean Sigler introduces the CAFE Foundation and explains its efforts to promote green technologies for aviation.
Flight Review: Revival of the Fittest
Part Husky, part Cub, the Bearhawk Patrol evokes 1940s-era shapes but with the benefit of today’s advanced manufacturing. By Chuck Berthe.
Aero ‘lectrics
What do you do if you need to monitor a number of audio signals, but you don't have room for an audio switching panel? Jim Weir finds the answer in a summing amplifier.