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Tip-Jet Helicopter ~ 7-28-10:  Avweb
sent out an email talking about the single-seat Dragonfly helicopter.
The pilot pushes a few times on a fuel-pump crank handle, the fuel climbs
up to the rotor hub and travels out to a tiny combustion chamber in the
rotor tips, then it's vaporized and ejected, creating thrust. The Dragonfly
weighs around 250 pounds and can fly 100 knots. The hydrogen peroxide fuel
burns at the rate of 11 gallons per hour. The aircraft is FAA certified
and sells for $120,000 although they were offering a show special of $84,000
to the first five takers. An electronic flight instrument system is included
as standard equipment. Not surprising, Google reveals a YouTube video that's
also embeded along with an article from Popular
Science that did an article on the Dragonfly Tip-Jet back in March of 2010.
FAA Safety Seminars ~ 7-26-10:
Another Light Sport get together is coming up at Parlin Field Airport in
Newport NH. This time it's going to be in conjunction with an FAA Safety
Seminar. Title: The World of Light Sport! .Topic: Introduction to Light
Sport Aircraft. "Dave Pepple of the FAA leads an informative and wide ranging
discussion about the new world of Light Sport Aircraft. This seminar is
being held in conjunction with a Light Sport Aircraft Exposition that includes
several Light Sport Aircraft provided by various manufacturers. See
the airplanes, talk with manufacturers, ask questions, and learn more about
Light Sport!" They are to have Exhibits and demonstrations from Flight
Design, Tecnam, Legend Cub, Remos, and Jabiru, and Garmin reps.
Small
UAV's Get Hi-Tech Custom Engines ~7-24-10:
--Manufacturer's of small UAVs have been using off-the-shelf engines to
deploy the aircraft more quickly. The way they are talking, using off the
shelf commercial engines for lawnmowers and weed wackers isn't good enough
for sophisticated hi-tech scientific and military equipment. The solution
was decided to make a custom engine from scratch. That’s where Ricardo,
Inc. (ricardo.com), company comes in. Engineers developed a family of purpose-built
engines for small UAVs that's an air-cooled, 88-cc, three horsepower, two-cylinder,
two-stroke hybrid, runs on the military’s JP-8 heavy fuel, and ignited
by spark plugs. It also carries 500 watts of onboard power from an integrated
starter-generator. CLICK
HERE for more information.
LSA's
At Skyhaven ~7-18-10:
Are LSA's the coming thing? Well more and more people are asking questions
about them and there's certainly a lot of makes and models to choose from.
Yesterday here at Skyhaven, through arrangements of the Skyhaven Flying
Club, some LSA dealers flew in with their LSA aircraft to maybe temp the
club into adding one to their current fleet of two Skyhawks. For some reason,
all the LSA's I've seen are manufactured outside of the U.S. Countries
like Poland, Yugoslavia, Russia, even Thailand and Australia are getting
into the "sold in America" act. Finding an LSA that is made in the United
States is kind of tricky. Even the Piper Sport is made in Yugoslavia. CLICK
HERE to see some of the planes in front of the Skyhaven Flying Club
hangar.
TFR
ALERT FOR BAR HARBOR MAINE ~ 7-14-10
FAA TO ESTABLISH TFR OVER BAR HARBOR, ME ON JULY 16-18. A notam has been
issued that will restrict flight in the area during President Obama's planned
visit. 30 nm radius TFR Location:
BGR
VOR's 156-degree radial at 35.2 nautical miles Surface to 17,999-ft-MSL
Times:11:00 a.m. local Friday, July 16 until 11:30 a.m. local Sunday, July
18. 12 nm radius no-fly zone Location: BGR VOR's 156-degree radial
at 35.2 nautical miles Surface to 17,999-ft-MSL Times: 11:00 a.m. local
Friday, July 16 until 11:30 a.m. local Sunday, July 18. A GATEWAY AIRPORT
HAS BEEN CREATED AT BANGOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KBGR).
TANDEM
LSA Called MySky MSOne ~ 7-10-10:
There's a few high-wing LSAs that offer tandem seating but only a couple
of low-wing designs offering the same feature. It sounds like the idea
is to give that fighter-like view from the cockpit for both pilot and passenger.
According to their website, the fabrication of parts is done in Thailand
and the parts are shipped to Daytona Beach, FL, where they intend to do
the final assembly and flight testing. There are so many LSA's out there
it's hard to keep track of the latest offerings.

FAA Safety Seminars ~ 7-6-10:
Looks like two interesting safety seminars coming up this month being held
at the Yankee Ultralight Fly-In, 682 Old Post, Road, Greenland, NH 03840.
The one on July
10 is titled, "Be A Sport!" Randy Autrey of the FAA Safety Team will
discuss the latest changes to the sport pilot regulations, the automated
WINGs Program, and the safety-critical concept of personal minimums. The
other seminar is on Tuesday
July 13th is called, "Building Your Own Aircraft!" These seminars appear
to be part of the Yankee Ultralight Flyers FLY-IN July 09 Through
17, 2010 at Sanderson's Field Greenland, NH. Click on the above meeting
dates for more information.
NASA
Encourages Supersonic Aircraft 7-4-10: More
articles are showing up about supersonic aircraft. This time it sounds
like NASA is working with Boeing and Lockheed Martin to submit ideas for
a NASA research mission, "Looking into new airplanes that could take the
boom out of supersonic flight." From what I've seen on some of this research,
it seems like the key to quieting the sonic boom lies in the shape of the
nose taking on the appearance of a needle that will pierce the air with
a very sharp shallow angled point. The Lockheed model of this aircraft
looks like they borrowed the engines from the SR-71. Maybe they had a warehouse
full of unused SR-71 engines and have found a place to put them. However,
it appears that articles about these secret projects imply this green trim
aircraft has been around for a while. Check
out this article from Aviation Week.
NASA
Award For Performance 7-2-10: A
company in Yugoslavia that was known for making gliders has branched off
into the LSA market. The company called Pipistrel, is known for producing
planes that are both fuel-efficient and high performance. To do this, the
company uses a high tech computer program called "CATIA." It has the ability
to model composite materials into complex shapes. Their goal is to, "Produce
a n
airplane that has the most possible lift while producing a minimal amount
of drag.” Its Virus SW (Short Wing) cruise aircraft won the NASA Challenge,
winning accolades for their fuel efficiency and performance." Check out
these specs: Maneuvering speed 95 kts, turbulence penetration speed (green
arc) 135 kts and the VNE at 163 kts. The aircraft can be equipped
by either the Rotax 912 UL2 (80 hp) or 912 ULS (100 hp) powerplants and
a large variety of avionics options. The new 80 HP S-Wing cruises at 133
kts, burning less than 3.6 gph. At 75% cruise-power-setting the 100 HP
version speeds over the skies at 147 kts! That's a cruise speed of 169
mph with a 100 hp Rotax engine.
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