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Learning To Weld
...joint. He also taught me the value of tack-welding. My temptation, once a bead was started on a joint, was to keep going. Soon enough, it became apparent this wasn’t...
The Ultimate Upgrade
...the builder, it would require some pretty good sheet-metal fabrication skills and a thorough knowledge of turbine engines, both of which are in short supply among typical Evolution builders. The...
Alternative Energies
...of addressing our future energy needs, self-launching wind turbines would twirl about at the end of long tethers and send megawatts of power to substations on the ground. To this...
Riding the Radial Rocket RG
...doesn’t take a whole lot of aviation snobbery to admit the airplane would lose a lot of its no-nonsense, yesteryear visual appeal with a horizontally opposed or turbine powerplant. Designer...
Ask the DAR
...the major change includes installing a different type of engine (reciprocrating to turbine) or a change of a fixed pitch from or to a controllable propeller, the aircraft owner must...
Editor’s Log
...Craig Sherman prepare for a training flight in the Radial Rocket RG last June in Reno. Later, Ackland went to work at Performance Aircraft developing the turbine Legend kit (a...
The Adventourer Kit Heli from Composite Helicopter Debuts at AirVenture
...Carbon fiber and Kevlar composite construction with power from a single turbine engine (either the RR250 C20B/J or the RR250 C18/T63) make for a potentially impressive package, though the helicopter...
The Ultimate Upgrade
...a Pratt & Whitney PT6-A turbine. When the Lancair IV-P took to the sky it was arguably the ultimate cross-country airplane. With its speed—claimed to be nearly 300 knots true...
Engine Mounts
...Load for the Road Because the engine is usually the heaviest component in a small airplane, its location is critical to the all-important center of gravity. Turbine engines are light...
Editor’s Log
...that much more exciting to follow. This month we also begin a new series on building a Lancair Turbine Evolution. I know what some of you may be thinking…. Yes,...
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Cracked Landing Gear Weldment
Landing gear sockets should be checked regularly for those who fly off of grass...
Build Your Skills: Fabric
The fabric has been applied to the airplane structure, its been tightened properly, and now its time to apply the first chemical coat to seal it. Ron Alexander takes you through the process and also introduces the various ways of attaching the fabric.
