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Turbine Temptation: Into the Air
...and the engine since it was a turbine powered machine. Fortunately, there is no need to generate these from scratch. The engine comes with an extremely complete maintenance manual from...
Flying in the Age of COVID-19
...as you can avoid the temptation to socialize, you are really isolated the whole time. Self-serve fuel pumps are usually well away from other people, and the virus doesn’t spread...
April 2020
On the cover: Scott McDaniels pilots his RV-6A near the Van’s Aircraft factory in Oregon. Scott—who works at Van’s in the company’s prototype shop—carefully rebuilt the airplane, which he acquired...
Big Screen EFIS
...vertical guidance. The engine monitoring functionality isn’t limited to engine and fuel flow and quantity data (or to pistons since there’s a turbine interface, too). There’s wing flap and trim...
Turbine Temptation: Adding Some Color
It seems to me that a special plane requires a special finish—something that stands out and reflects the nature of the flying machine itself. My previous project was a beast...
Turbine Temptation: Final Integration and Testing
...trimmed on a test stand in Europe, so it wasn’t like we didn’t know it would run. But still…it was a pleasure to hear the turbine spin up and the...
2020 Engine Buyer’s Guide
...configurations, followed by the round-motor radials and rotaries, Wankels, Diesels (Jet A), and, because they are something unto themselves, Volkswagen derivatives. We close with turbines, Corvairs, and the few two-strokes...
Turbine Temptation: Wiring, Avionics and Plumbing
The SubSonex JSX-2 prototype was designed around the MGL Explorer EFIS—a full-featured system with systems monitoring, navigation, and flight instrument capabilities. One of the features of the MGL system is...
Turbine Temptation: Power is Life!
...ignites things and produces hot gases, which turn the turbine on their way out the tailpipe. The gases out the tailpipe are the thrust, and the turbine rotation spins the...
Turbine Temptation: Building the Airframe
Rule number one for building the SubSonex: Build from the inside out. Rule number two: Never close anything until you have no choice but to do so—you might need to...
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Light Stuff
Columnist Roy Beisswenger makes the case for the safety of light and ultralight aircraft. Don't believe it? Hell explain why.
Parts Is Parts
A major part of any Experimental kit will be hundreds of products that the kit supplier didn’t manufacture or fabricate but simply sourced from the open market to supply with their custom kit components.
