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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...
Electric Dreams
...different to installing a Type-Certified piston powered or turbine engine. The engine is Type-Certified under Airworthiness Standard CS-22 Sub-part H, Amendment 2, which should be recognized by all the mentioned...
Design Process: Stall and Roll Damping
...almost always be a washout, where the wing is twisted leading edge down at the tip relative to the root. There appears to be a temptation, particularly in the homebuilt...
Fun With Emissions
...mainly aimed at turbine engines such as this Rolls-Royce Trent upgraded with their ALECSys lean-burn technology. Reducing piston engine emissions by any meaningful amount would mandate completely new powerplants. (Photo:...
Archive: December 2002
...reported on the new Affordable Turbine Power engine, a modified Solar T62 turbine engine originally used as an auxiliary power unit for large aircraft. Weighing a claimed 187 pounds, the...
Weighty Matters
...fuel isn’t measured in gallons, it is measured in pounds. I have flown large turbine aircraft for the last 33 years, and I can count on two fingers the times...
Yearly Condition Inspection, Part II
...Probably at the worst possible time. I know that some people cannot resist the temptation to “improve” on certain aspects of their airplane, such as the use of 5606 hydraulic...
September 2020
On the cover: Steve Henry’s heavily modified Just Highlander, Yee Haw 7, is a top performer in the STOL Drag racing world. Photographed by Leonardo Correa Luna. Table of contents...
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Taking Your Engine’s Temperature
Your aircraft’s engine requires monitoring of various temperatures for you to know that it...
Weir’s Wires
Mil-spec wire isn't just for military aircraft. It's the only kind of wire you want to use in your aircraft, too.
Down to Earth
Many homebuilders understand their kits as just a starting point for their own preferred modifications.