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Building a RotorWay 162F, Part 6
...soldered together from a piece of screen. The new one is a more solid design of tooled aluminum and takes only a few minutes to install. Now for the tank...
Building a RotorWay 162F, Part 1
...had, in huge letters, the word experimental stenciled on it. The Ride Some guy named “Stretch” was rambling through a well-rehearsed speech, extolling his company’s flying home-made contraption, and I...
Building a RotorWay 162F, Part 3
...is where a few guys run into trouble when trying to get everything to fit within a limited space in the helicopter. When designing the 162F, RotorWay squeezed as much...
Building a RotorWay 162F, Part 2
...setup makes the 162F one of the most advanced piston helicopters on the market today, either experimental or certificated. We’ll of course cover all the fancy details of this operating...
Fuel Cells, Part 1
...a rapid rate due to the significant funding of the U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium (ABC) and the U.S. Council for Automotive Research (USCAR) initiatives. But it needs further improvement in...
Fuel Cells, Part 3
...Several different motor technologies and design methods are used in industry including AC- and DC-powered design approaches. The most efficient designs typically use permanent magnets (instead of coils) in the...
Turbo Power, Part 2
...in. Designing the Intake Manifold This was going to be a big job; there was no doubt about it. We had several problems to solve and a limited space in...
Turbo Power, Part 1
...its reputation for fighter-like handling. In many ways, his choice of aircraft proved to be the foundation for success. The aircraft’s designer, Dick VanGrunsven, deserves much credit. The RV-4s reputation...
Fuel Cells, Part 2
...to convert one of the most efficient existing airplanes to electric power instead of designing an original airframe. One of the more important aspects of converting an aircraft to electric...
Composite Floats, Part 1
...David and Paul Wheatley, proprietors of Pacific Oceaneering and Design in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Having worked with composites for 30 years, they made it possible for the project to take...
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