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...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....
Engine Beat
...a complete core, something to be disassembled and rebuilt before first flight. Well look into each option. Buy Now or Buy Later? There’s a temptation for enthusiastic kit buyers to...
Safety Is No Accident: Auto-Engine Conversions
...M-14Ps, and other foreign reciprocating engines) and Turbine (all jets and turboprops) The number of accidents involving aircraft with the last three categories is low enough to be statistically insignificant....
Wind Tunnel
...the duct behind it. This is particularly important for inlets that feed air to turbine or turbofan engines, as turbo machinery can be sensitive to turbulence in the incoming air....
Around the Patch
...recreational users. With their volume, they help keep the costs down. Should they leave the scene by, say, moving their equipment to turbine power, we would be in a world...
New 1090ES Traffic Receiver Leverages ADS-B Network
Trig Avionics is adding the possibility of 1090ES ADS-B receiver capability to general aviation with three products targeted at light aircraft, high-performance aircraft and turbine aircraft. The TA62, TA63 and...
Wind Tunnel
...Figure 4. Homebuilders need to be particularly on guard against creeping weight growth. The temptation to add equipment, interior appointments, fancy finishes and structural beef ups can add a lot...
Flight Review: Lancair Launches the Piston Evolution
Development of new high-end aircraft—kitbuilt or production line, your choice—might leave you thinking that everybody has come down with a bad case of Turbine Fever. Why is that? They (turbines)...
Safety is No Accident: Lancair Designs
...the Lancair IVs involved in accidents carried Continental engines, though eight had turbine engines (and the turbine engine was the cause of the accident in three of these cases). Is...
In Case You Missed It
Homebuilt vs. Certified
Seemingly two peas in a pod are the GlaStar and its factory-built derivative, the OMF Symphony. We flew both of these wonderful two-seat aircraft to get a handle on what either FAR Part 23 certification or the freedom of homebuilding means to those facing such a delectable decision. By Ed Wischmeyer
Ticket to Fly. IFR or No?
Like hundreds of fellow enthusiasts, the weather kept us out of Oshkosh 2019 on...
The Home Machinist
Charlie Taylor, the Wright brothers trusted right-hand man and machinist, made their early powered flight experiments possible. And he built the engine using only a drill press, a lathe, a simple scale and more than a little ingenuity; by Bob Fritz.