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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,...
Pilot Proficiency
...the first flight of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. And the first flight in a Cuby is different from the first flight of a Lancair Turbine Evolution. All of these...
More Than a Science Project
...in chief of EAA publications. As a freelancer hes written for Air & Space Smithsonian, Overhaul & Maintenance, Aviation for Women, Twin & Turbine and a number of non-aviation titles....
Sebring at Seven
...shows its new twin tailboom configuration. Kevin Kerwin from California showed off his beautiful new single-seat Composite X helicopter with its 50-hp Mosquito engine. A Solar turbine engine is an...
Letters
...He is also incorrect in comparing rotary engine balance to turbine. Apparently he never sat toward the rear of an MD-80, hearing and feeling the harmonic vibration of the JT8D-217....
Makes You Go Hmmm
...terrific centrifugal force on the rotor bearing at speeds of 10,000 rpm or more. Turbine engines are also subject to the same centrifugal force limits on compressor and turbine blades....
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Leters
Wag-A-BondRay Hill has built one beautiful airplane . However, the author, Dan Horton seems...
