If you're building a Glasair Sportsman, you have the choice of a 180-HP IO-360 or the beefier IO-390. Which engine is best? It depends? In this video, Kitplanes Magazine editor Marc Cook analyzes the pros and cons.
Glasair: Build an airplane in two weeks
Glasair's "Two Weeks To Taxi" program has been approved by the FAA. Pilots can now build their own experimental category "homebuilt" aircraft with the help of Glasair technicians inside of two weeks vacation time.
Sport pilot: Short take off demo
Measured take off and demonstration of the STOL CH 701. The 701 "Sky Jeep" is a two-seat light sport utility plane, equipped with fixed wing leading edge slats. This is a 100-hp Rotax 912S equipped kit plane. Demonstrated by Christopher Desmond of STOL-Adventures.com fame.
Marc and Paul's Sportsman Blog 2
Marc Cook and Paul Bertorelli continue their Sportsman odyssey with a look at this unique aircraft.
Sportsman TC
Glasair Aviation's Mikael Via introduces the new turbocharged, carbon-fiber-bodied Sportsman TC at Oshkosh 2010.
Aircraft Emergency And Landing in a Glasair - the impossible turn ???
My Glasair engine is a Subaru SVX EG-33. Six bearings in the planetary speed reduction unit failed during departure. I declared an in-flight emergency and immediately returned for landing. Total flight time was 63 seconds.
Departure was made with 10 degrees of flaps and remained there until landing with 25 degrees. The buzzer during much of the flight is the "gear up" with "flaps extended" warning horn ... the stall horn never sounded. Speed did drop but the flight never reached critically low speed. Power was intentionally reduced to keep gearbox temps down. I fly patrol flights at 500 ft or less, often 6 to 7 hrs a day. So I do have low level maneuvering experience. Some may call this the impossible turn but power was available during the entire flight.
Rolls Royce Turbine Engine For Small Planes
A 300+ hp (flat rated) turbine that weighs well under 300 pounds designed for small general aviation aircraft. Is this what the high-end piston market has been waiting for? Pilots may be asking, and Mooney may have an answer.
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H.O. Aircraft's "King Cub" Demo
See the Lycoming IO-390 210 hp conversion for the Piper PA-18 Super Cub in action. It's performance is amazing! It simply blows away the 180 hp Cub and Aviat Husky!
