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Another Way to Turbine Your Lancair IV-P
...compared to the Walter. (Turbines act like normally aspirated piston engines, slowly losing power with altitude.)According to Advanced, the Garretts fixed-shaft design provides less turbine lag. Initial performance numbers are...
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....
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...
Turbo Power, Part 2
...running. Radiant Heat Control Many efforts were made to keep the hot turbine section from becoming a problem. The turbine housing was coated with a thermal barrier coating and was then...
Flying the Baby Belle
...large amount of time and energy to design and create an automotive conversion in the large area available under the transmission. Or how about a turbine? As a rule of...
Let’s go on Safari
...amateur-built helicopters. (A turbine engine might be more dependable, but you would have a fuel bill 150% higher for that implied “insurance.”) Impressions The first thing you notice when you...
Homebuilt vs. Certified
...“typical” empty weight quoted by the factory. The GlaStar was originally designed for a 125-hp Continental engine, but builders quickly succumbed to the temptation of more power. Other choices Best...
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The $30,000 RV-9A
Two builders helped each other build RV-9As, each employing significantly different outlays of cash. The results are impressive in both cases, but for different reasons. They help us ponder the question as we build: “What is something worth?” By Marc Cook.