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TurbAero Update from AirVenture 2022
KITPLANES checked in with TurbAero’s Bernie Breen on the development of the company’s 200-hp turbine engine for homebuilts. A partially built Van’s RV-7A (renamed the RV-7T) will be the company’s...
Plug In Power
...hit the starter and he’d make Phoenix on time… Witnesses say that for a precious few seconds the prop on that little Mooney spun like a turbine. At least until...
Archive: June 2003
...some of the turbine powerplants we all thought would become a part of the homebuilt world in the next few years. These included the Walter 601, a Czech-built turbine that...
Birds of a Different Feather
...spinner. Below it is the front air intake where the turbine in the original Turboprop Tucano breathes fresh air. In a replica, the cooling system for the Rotax can be...
Big Screen EFIS 2022 Buyer’s Guide
...limited to engine and fuel flow and quantity data (or to pistons—there’s a turbine interface, too). There’s wing flap and trim position sensing and indication (compatible with most trim motors),...
See Fit
...one of the very early flights of a United B-727, Flight 227, where a crew transitioning from props to turbines failed to account for the inherent turbine power lag and...
Sonex: Under New Ownership
...both the piston and turbine experimental aircraft markets with its current products. In addition, new products and development priorities include: The JSX-2T two-seat SubSonex Personal Jet, scheduled to debut at...
Dealing With Off-Nominal: Part 2
...body or carburetor) to cause the throttle to be stuck full open. This should be obvious but resist the temptation to yank on the throttle to get it closed. Any...
2022 Engine Buyer’s Guide
...with turbine’s reliability and longevity—offset the turbine’s naturally higher purchase and likely fuel costs. TurbAero’s math is centered on taking a long view, say 10 years, of acquisition, running and...
Under Pressure
...compressor section of a turbine powerplant inherently reduces thrust performance and fuel efficiency, which must be accounted for. Compressing air also heats it to levels too high for cabin use,...
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