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Rapid Prototyping and Experimental Design
...for a Wind Turbine Tower” by O’Connor and Loth. The books referenced in the drag calculations are Theory of Wing Sections by Abbott and von Doenhoff, and Chapter 6 of...
Still Searching for Speed
...can’t enjoy flying if you’re dead.” Lancair IV/IV-P Turbine Lancair IV/IV-P Turbine Cruise: 322 kt Climb: <10 min Fuel efficiency: 10 mpg Seats: 4 Payload: 514 lb Rang:e 1216 nm...
Choosing Plumage for Your Homebuilt
...starts as low as $1,000 for a single-engine kit airplane, escalating up through $1,200 to $1,400 for turbine aircraft, and more for larger planes. Options that drive up cost might...
Phillabaum Helicycle
...pure joy with no surprises. Everything was great fun: the turbine start up whine, the smell of burning Jet-A, the whomp of the blades, the smooth engine hum at 61,500...
2019 Engine Buyer’s Guide
...pool in order to power a fast turboprop kit, but that kit seems to have gone by the wayside. For now, GE has no plan to sell its turbines in...
Using Level Accelerations to Determine Climb Performance
...performance plotted, avoid the temptation to agonize over the exact speed for VX, VY, or VZ. One thing you will notice about the climb performance of RVs is the top...
3 Years, 1 Minute, and 40 Seconds
I regularly swing by Dan Gray’s Aviation F/X, a custom fab shop that specializes in BD-5s, turbine Legends, Questair Ventures, and other experimental exotica at the opposite end of the...
Garmin releases updates for TXi flight displays, GTN navigators, GFC autopilots and the G5...
...altitude select, heading, vertical speed and more. This compatibility significantly reduces pilot workload. Course deviation indication (CDI) and VDI preview A popular feature in turbine class aircraft, a CDI preview...
Hartzell Propeller Sponsors Tech Talks, Pilot Proficiency & Air Shows at AirVenture
...debrief ahead of time, visit www.EAAPilotProficiency.com. Air Shows Props by Hartzell Propeller are standard equipment on many of the world’s leading piston and turbine airplanes and are used extensively by...
Editor’s Log
...be found in our aircraft right now is astounding. It was not that long ago that an airplane flying a coupled approach to minimums was turbine powered and carrying passengers...
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Effect of Propeller RPM on Speed, Efficiency, Noise, and Vibration
Getting better performance from a constant-speed prop.
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