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Lancair Announces Simplified Pricing for Evolution
Lancair International announced today that it is changing the pricing strategy on its Evolution kit aircraft. Because both the turbine and piston aircraft are the same aft of the firewall,...
2010 Engine Buyer’s Guide
...(Arizona) www.copperstateaero.com Leading Edge Air Foils (Wisconsin) www.leadingedge-airfoils.com Lockwood Aviation (Florida) www.lockwood-aviation.com CANADA Aero Propulsion Technologies 450/510-1561 www.rotaxservice.com Need a Turbine? Aerotek Aviation (www.aerotekaviation.ca, 418/802-5278) will prepare an example of...
Build a Bear: Mellow Yellow
...especially the urethanes, require fresh air to be pumped in from outside. I ordered a two-person rig with a turbine HVLP spray gun from Aircraft Technical Support. They were really...
Engine Beat
...65, S 80, S 100 and S 120. Semi-Synthetic Oils Although 100% synthetic engine oils work well in automobile engines and turbine aircraft powerplants, Mobil AV-1, the only all-synthetic reciprocating...
Letters
...as good as the piston engine unless it too uses turbine power extraction! Paul Lipps Taking Exception to the Jabiru Dave Martins column about the Jabiru engines managed to squeeze...
Down to Earth
...your masterpiece and have it flying, its hard to resist the temptation to continue tinkering. Experience Counts The impulse overcame us after wed flown a terrific 6000-mile trip to the...
Letters
Turbo-Compound & More There was a turbocharger for motorcycles that had a variable-stator turbine. With the variable nozzles formed by the stator blades, it was possible to widen the specific...
Around the Patch
...garage for very little time and money. Auto-engine conversions taking over for the traditional dinosaur engines. Fly by wire. The lightweight, fuel-efficient turbine engine. Still waiting? Me, too. Which is...
Bush Hog
...Prices for the kits are advertised as $120,000 for the piston version and $10,000 more for the turbine. Quickbuild prices are $216,000 and $234,000, with the price differences piston/turbine being...
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...
In Case You Missed It
![The 160 hp turbocharged Rotax 916iS is a four-stroke piston engine with redundant electronic fuel injection and ignition. [Credit: BPR Rotax]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/PIC_916-iS_iSc-2.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "2026 Engine Buyer’s Guide")
2026 Engine Buyer’s Guide
Our annual survey of the wide array of engine options available to homebuilders, from certified to experimental.
Shopping for a Second-Hand Project
Bargains are out there, but do your homework before writing a big check.
