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Shopping for Batteries
...including piston, turbine and electric applications. Our survey turned up only 33 respondents who own Aerolithium batteries, but comments were favorable on the company’s dry-cell batteries that have a three-year...
Night Flight
...night vision degradations, making using oxygen earlier and longer often appropriate. Another consideration in certain areas, especially mountainous, is to avoid the temptation of flying direct. Instead, choose an old-school...
TurbAero’s Small Turbine Update
TurbAero, an Australian company with footprints in the U.S. and Canada, is continuing work on its small regenerative turbine for light experimental aircraft. At Sun ‘n Fun, we talked to...
Comp Air 6.2 Prototype Flies in to Sun ‘n Fun
...6.2 for a Walter M601 650 HP turbine. Comp Air is still in flight testing but is confident enough to begin turning out kit packages. The advertised price of the...
Do Diligence
...operation costs. Deeper in the weeds were the odd turbine, rotary and diesel concepts. The brochure numbers always seemed to pencil out nicely, with emphasis on pencil. Options came and...
Always Attack
...turbine. He said it was a delight to fly, but never as much fun as the Mustang, largely due to fuel management. It burned 300 gallons of fuel an hour—5...
2023 Propeller Buyer’s Guide
...propellers for single-engine planes as well as feathering and reversing systems for piston and turbine twins. Recent STC approvals were five-blade propellers for the King Air 300/350, three-blade props for...
2023 Engine Buyer’s Guide
...the heat, not the gasses themselves—to the intake air, which in the case of turbines raises their efficiency. Common on large stationary turbines, recuperators on small turbines walk a fine...
Jets & Turboprops
...the Sonex SubSonex single-seat jet. Heron Engines Heron, a Greek company keeping its corporate headquarters on the nearby, business-friendly island of Crete, is building on four decades of small turbine...
Gone Pro
...cargo-moving business is these days, it hasn’t taken long for him to lay down solid blocks of turbine time. In not quite three years he passed 1200 hours total time,...
In Case You Missed It
The Home Machinist, Part 9
If parts that don't quite fit are grinding you down, author Bob Fritz has a solution: Use a lathe to create a smooth finish on a precisely proportioned piece. While hes at it, hell demonstrate two ways to use the machines calipers to measure necessary offsets.
A Visit With Glasair Aviation
I had a reason to fly up to Arlington, Washington, to see the current...
What Now?
Our first indication of a problem was a sudden deceleration of the airplane. The oil indications, both pressure and temperature, were deceptively normal.
Light Stuff
Inherent biases or previous experience can alter the perceptions of any product reviewer, but perceptions may change when one takes the time to investigate further, sometimes turning what was thought to be a detriment into something less significant. Such was the case when columnist Dave Martin revisited one feature (pilot visibility) of the Remos G-3 SLSA.