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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,...
The Tale of the Tundra
...SubSonex is serial number 21, and we have had no structural issues, nor have any significant service bulletins been issued—unless you consider a 50-hour visual inspection of the turbine wheel...
AirVenture 2021 Day 3 Recap
Tom Wilson and Marc Cook recap the day in the hot rental car. There’s talk about the new fuel slated to replace 100LL, a brand new small turbine engine, lighting…...
TurbAero Announces New Turbine Engine
...200 hp turbine engine, with follow-up derivatives rated at 320 hp and 120 hp emerging in that order. TurbAero sees turbine power for general aviation as a potential game changer...
Resurrected Helicycle Appears at AirVenture
...a new venture building a single-place personal helicopter called the Helicycle in Nampa, Idaho. The Helicyle was sleek, but somewhat underpowered, until someone had the idea to make it turbine...
The Luxury Tool
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Skiplane Shangri-la
...the tundra despite the freeze-over and raffish extreme cold temps. In addition to Mike’s Patrol, an Experimental 4-Place Bearhawk utility aircraft and a Cessna 185 went along for the temptation....
Design Process: Flap Types
...weight and complexity because the wing loadings required for piston-engine and single-engine turbine aircraft are not high enough to require the very high maximum lift coefficients offered by multiple-slider flaps....
Powering a Mystery
...Legend,” which later swapped the V-8 for a Walter M601 turbine. Fred Geschwender died of cancer on July 18, 1998 in Lincoln, Nebraska, and production of his reduction units seemed...
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The Ultimate Upgrade
As Martha and Wendell Solesbee near completion on their Lancair Evo, they encounter the minor setbacks that make the “90% done, 90% to go” expression ring true.