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Supermarine Aircraft Mk 26B
...forward. It is interesting for an inveterate Lycoming driver to have so much oomph available with only a single lever (no mixture or prop controls), but if you think turbine,...
Letters
...coiled vents as “adequate” but not “superior” to the original design. Just Throwin’ It Out There Why doesn’t someone develop a wind-powered turbine to generate electricity during flight? It could...
Composite Helicopters International Shows Flying Prototype at Oshksoh
...turbine helicopter kit is on display at the New Zealand Pavilion (Booth 406) at AirVenture. “The KC-518 is designed around the shape of the great white shark because it is...
Alternative Energies
...turbines are large, sometimes topping more than 300 feet, with huge blades that critics say threaten birds and bats and create a low-frequency noise that causes something called wind-turbine syndrome,...
Engine Update: New Life for Old Radials
...set to be the motivator of all things large and wing-y. And then came the jets. While the turbine engine killed the big radials for use in military and civilian...
RANS S-7S Courier
...speed like it knew what it was doing. With full flaps, the picture over the nose remained full of detail, and I had to remind myself to resist the temptation...
Build It Better: Where’s Your Margin?
...an illusion—or worse, a temptation to do something unwise. Many Experimental airplanes today are better equipped than the light jets of a few years ago, and even better than some...
Making the Perfect Lancair
...360 came along with more power—150 horsepower and 180, respectively—and next Lancair got into the four-seat category in a big way with the IV, IV-P and IV-P turbine. Today, the...
Firewall Forward: Lycoming Engine Service School
...produces about 200 piston airplane engines per month. Turbine engines were also produced in an adjoining building at one time, but that division has since been sold. Know-how on the...
Engine Update
...figures, a hallmark of this new design is standard FADEC (full authority digital engine control). It’s not a true FADEC in the way the turbine world uses the term, where...
In Case You Missed It
Just Call Him Mr. Pylon
Homebuilt aircraft builder Steve Wittman was one of Americas greatest air racers. By Amy Laboda.
Mr. Bearhawk’s Wild Ride
Calm winds at the airport and clear skies don’t necessarily mean it’s a good day to go flying!
Unfit for Flight
Our culture’s version of schadenfreude often distills down to something called the Darwin Award,...
Using a Volt-Ohm Meter
Because of their extremely low operating current, digital multimeters do not do a...