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Comment on TRIG Mode S Transponders Feature ADS-B Out Readiness by john

john — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:29:47 +0000

Are there any mode c transponders with encoder available for under $2000?

Comment on Ed and Kaye Pierson’s Lockwood AirCam by Jim Wreyford

Jim Wreyford — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:02:59 +0000

Ed and Kaye, your AirCam looks great.

Hope you are having fun with it!

Jim – Texas Pepper Cam Serial Number 40

PS Any instrument panel photos?

Comment on Glasair Aviation Announces Turbocharged, Carbon-Fiber Sportsman TC by Marc Cook

Marc Cook — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:54:41 +0000

You have to know that much of the development work could be applied to the Glasair line, eh?

Comment on Glasair Aviation Announces Turbocharged, Carbon-Fiber Sportsman TC by AnxInfuse

AnxInfuse — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:14:01 +0000

Great! Now they can start working on that Glasair IV model that’s long overdue.

Comment on Lycoming Discusses Development of IE2 and Availability of the IO-233 LSA Engine by Ikal 1150

Ikal 1150 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:40:58 +0000

it’s refreshing to see some new engines, thanks for the post!

Comment on Glasair Aviation Announces Turbocharged, Carbon-Fiber Sportsman TC by Dan Murphy

Dan Murphy — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:49:39 +0000

Wow, now the new TN 2+2 is worth saving for. Great job!!

Comment on Factory Tour: CubCrafters' Carbon Cub EX by Ahmed Kamel

Ahmed Kamel — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:46:06 +0000

I’m very impressed by how proud those people are about their product, it must be very good.

Comment on Commentary: Homebuilt Aircraft Safety Picture Blurred by Bad Data by Terry Lutz

Terry Lutz — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:25:49 +0000

I am working on some comments of my own for an upcoming meeting, and would like to know the homebuilt accident rate per 100,000 hours. The FAA website published the GA accident rate, which normally would include the homebuilts, at 2.24/100K hours. Given your way of dissecting the information, what would you estimate the homebuilt accident rate to be? Thank you.

Comment on Factory Tour: Van’s Aircraft by Omar Filipovic

Omar Filipovic — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:29:07 +0000

Abdul, you should check out Van's website and the many discussion boards on the web, such as Vans Airforce.

Comment on Factory Tour: Van’s Aircraft by ABDO

ABDO — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:25:05 +0000

HI
CAN U PLEASE TELL ME HOW MUCH IS YOUR 2 PASSINGER AIR PLANE KITS AND IS IT EASY TO BULD
THANKS
ABDUL

Comment on Erik Lindbergh Uses SwiftFuel Powered Aircraft During SnF by Advanced BioFuels USA » Aviation Alt Fuel Hopes to Get the Lead Out

Advanced BioFuels USA » Aviation Alt Fuel Hopes to Get the Lead Out — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:50:29 +0000

[...] Swift claims the fuel provides an 8 to 15 percent increase in range based on the same volume of fuel over 100LL and produces fewer pollutants. READ MORE and MORE (AOPA) and MORE (KITPLANES) [...]

Comment on New Capital and New Management For Lancair by David Packwood

David Packwood — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:34:35 +0000

So sweet.

Comment on Mistral Rotary Moves Closer to Certification by John Sutton

John Sutton — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:03:46 +0000

Just another update. Last year at Oshkosh, when I asked the reps from Mistral about pricing they stated that the G-200 engine was quoted as 48,000 swiss francs and the G-300 was 78 or 79,000 swiss francs. I believe that the article might have a slight marketing slant to it.

I also heard, but had no way of confirming that the engine has failed several FAA tests.

And to respond about the FADEC unit. The Mistral system is not truely a FADEC but an engine management system. The Mistral system does not control the propeller. You still need to use a prop lever so it is not a FADEC unit.

Really, how hard is it to build an engine control system. Mazda has one already. Why not just reverse engineer it and make it comply with all FAA requirements?

Comment on Mistral Rotary Moves Closer to Certification by John Sutton

John Sutton — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:48:09 +0000

The Mistral engine is nothing more than a glorified mazda engine. The engine is not well suited to aircraft since it is heavy and longer than a conventional piston engine. This thing has been in development for over 10 years and they haven’t got it going yet?

Either there is something rediculously complicated about putting a rotary in an aircraft or the company has no plan or idea of what they are doing. After searching their website and talking to their people, it seems that 25 million dollars have been spent (wasted) on attempting to build an engine for certification. Why wouldn’t the company start with an experimental line and generate an income source. Perhaps they look on the experimental guys as sub-par aviators.

This appears to be a mute point since they have run out of money and aren’t paying their bills? Any truth to this? Hopefully not.

Comment on Garmin Announces G3X Rebates, G3X-perience for OSH by DP

DP — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:42:38 +0000

Now if they would just get up to speed with their warranty for homebuilders, so it would start with their first flight instead of ( in many cases ) already be run out, then they would really be getting somewhere in trying to cater to the kitplane world.