Autogiro – Aviations Missing Link
Chief Test Pilot, Kellett Autogiro Corp. TN 1934 I thought I was buying my last automobile. The old bus now is much the worse for…
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Diesel Engine Revolution
Piston Diesels Are Coming To America, But Will They Ever Catch On? Spend even a few minutes comparing the operation of an avgas-powered engine to…
The First Rotax 912 Engine
The Rotax 912 was designed especially for homebuilts. Is it just the tip of the iceberg? OCTOBER 1991: A sure sign that the homebuilt aircraft…
Bill Parsons Gyrocopter Guru
Bill Parsons has been flying gyros for 25 years; he attributes his longevity to proper training. Bill Parsons gave some last-minute instructions to his student…
Great Little Engines – Popular And Powerful
ARTICLE DATE: August 1994 ROTAX The reason Rotax so dominates the worldwide homebuilt and ultralight markets with their line of two and four-stroke engines is…
Subaru EA81 Turbocharged Engine Report
ARTICLE DATE: December 1994 This letter is in regard to the Direct Drive Turbocharge d EA81 in my Dragonfly fixed wing single seater. Yes, we…
Directional Stability of Ultra-Light Autogyros
ARTICLE DATE: December 1974 IN 1966, AFTER having flown my McCulloch powered Bensen B8-M for over 10 hours (in the powered configuration), while on the…
The Corvair Engine Syndrome
ARTICLE DATE: December 1974 HAVE YOU SEEN that guy next door with a Corvair engine mounted on a stand, turning a propeller with a gearbox…
History Of The Limbach Engine
ARTICLE DATE: August 1974 Herr Limbach’s Flying Beetles SICHER, ZUVERLAESSIG, SPORTLICH, and sparsam, which translates from German into safe, reliable, sporting, and economical. This not…
Lake Injector Fuel System
ARTICLE DATE: July 1974 It has been several months since Oshkosh ’73 and the EAA’s first look at the Lake Injector Fuel system. The response…