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Heat Shields Up!
...better” temptation. This is pretty substantial stuff. It is quite heavy at 9.5 ounces per square foot, versus less than 1 ounce per square foot for either 1/16-inch Fiberfrax or...
Practical Electrical
...isn’t much different. While getting a turbine engine started might start out at 1000 amps and taper to 300 amps over a period of 15–20 seconds, this huge demand of...
Editor’s Log
...the planet. This month, for example, we present the first of two parts of our annual look at engines. First off, we’ll apologize for excluding rockets and turbine powerplants. We...
Flying Both Sides
...in chief of EAA publications. As a freelancer he’s written for Air & Space Smithsonian, Overhaul & Maintenance, Aviation for Women, Twin & Turbine and a number of non-aviation titles....
Electrical System Design
...about your future electrical system than you ever learned in the past from flying a certificated aircraft. When designing your electrical system, there is a temptation to copy or do...
Metal Magic
...techniques include a star pattern for round pieces, and the staggered stop technique for larger panels. Resist the temptation to tackle extremely complex shapes at first. This will be a...
Maintenance Matters
...really hard to keep it off. Disappointed or not, you should resist the temptation to simply bump up the gross weight to make up the difference. Dick VanGrunsven, for one,...
Alternative Energies
...her Mockingbird VTOL craft, a swing-wing, variable-geometry vehicle that looked a bit like something from Avatar. Its turbine propulsion would lift and motivate the craft through multi-blade fans similar to...
No Trip to the Mall
...higher-horsepower or uncommon models, this number could be higher. If you’ve built a turbine kit plane, for example, the number of hours required will increase dramatically. For most non-complex, tailwheel...
2014 Kit Aircraft Buyer’s Guide
...of the spectrum from the Turbine Evolution is Sonex Aircraft’s Onex. You could probably buy a fleet of 50 Onex airplanes for the price of a single Turbine Evolution, but...
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Get Grounded
It’s almost cliche. You’re having intermittent noise or performance issues in your avionics suite,...
What’s the Future of Homebuilding?
Some builders of Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft are builders in name only, deferring primary construction of the aircraft to the pros. So concluded the FAA, which is determined to clamp down on those who would flout the 51% rules. What does it mean to regular homebuilders? Those who are building now will be unaffected, but for future builders, the FAAs guidance revisions could be significant.
What’s New
Sportairs Sirius LSA is available for demo flights, the Spider Tracks viewer allows you to track flights on your iPhone and MGL Avionics Second Generation EFISes debut. Edited by Mary Bernard