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You Don't Need A Wing If Your Ship's Got That Swing…
Sun ‘n Fun’s Chopper Town provided a graphic reminder Friday that you don’t need a wing if your ship’s got that swing, as a turbine chopper and a Butterfly gyro...
The Home Machinist
...hope you have the wrench and resist the temptation to use a punch and hammer, because this ring has to be rotated, and a hammer is the one tool to...
Build Your Skills: Composites (Part 11)
...dispersed-so these guns are relegated to water-based paints. That led to turbine guns. These use a small turbine blowing warm air through a large diameter hose to generate 3 to...
All About Avionics
...last installment of the our engine monitor roundup, nothing major has changed in the EI lineup. Its integrated engine monitor is the MVP-50, available for both piston and turbine applications....
What’s New
...half or full face mask or painting hood, one- or two-person respirator, spraying gun in bottom or gravity feed, three- or four-stage turbine power, 3M PPS cup system with disposable...
Wind Tunnel
...out of an airframe, there is a temptation to pull the cg as far aft as possible without making the airplane dangerous or unpleasant to fly. The reduced tail download...
Shop Safety
...a flail with sharp edges that could either give you a nasty cut or pull you right into the spinning headstock. There’s a temptation to pull this continuous chip like...
Aircraft Handling: What’s It Mean To You?
...axis instead of enjoying the flight. So this gives me a short list at first blush: the short wing RV series (RV-3 through RV-8), the Turbine Legend, the F-1 Rocket...
Lancair Evolution
...barely a four-place airplane. Move up to the turbine version, which currently uses a Walter 601E capable of 700 shaft horsepower, and the fuel requirement moves upward with it. A...
Lancair Evolution
...four-place airplane.Move up to the turbine version, which currently uses a Walter 601E capable of 700 shaft horsepower, and the fuel requirement moves upward with it. A belly tank added...
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The Future of Homebuilding: Builders
If we could magically transport a modern homebuilder back to the 1960s, they would...
Ask the DAR
DAR Mel Asberry clarifies what notification the FAA expects when a prop has been changed. His advice? Treat it like a major mod.