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Aircam at Lake County Airport (Colorado), highest airport in the U.S. Pusher engine installation of two Rotax 912ULSs in a Lockwood Aircam. The Lockwood Aircam (also called the Air Cam and AirCam) is a high-wing, twin engine pusher configuration aircraft with conventional landing gear, based on the single engine Lockwood Drifter and sold in kit form by Lockwood Aircraft.
The most powerful is the Lancair Propjet, a four-place kit with cabin pressurization and a turboprop engine, cruising at 24,000 feet (7,300 m) and 370 knots (425 mph, 685 km/h). Although aircraft such as this are considered "home-built" for legal reasons, they are typically built in the factory with the assistance of the buyer.
The T-47A was a modified version of the Citation S/II (Model 552) for the U.S. Navy, featuring a 5 ft (1.5 m) wingspan reduction and hydraulically boosted ailerons for enhanced maneuverability, 2,900 lbf (13 kN) thrust JT15D-5 engines, a cockpit roof window for better pilot visibility during hard maneuvering, strengthened windshields for ...
The CJ series are powered by two Williams FJ44 engines; the design uses the Citation II's forward fuselage with a new carry-through section wing and a T-tail. The original CitationJet model has been updated into the CJ1/CJ1+/M2 variants; additionally, the CJ1 was stretched into the CJ2/CJ2+ which was built between 2000 and 2016.
As of 2015, BD-Micro Technologies of Siletz, Oregon continues to offer kit building support, including new-build kits featuring (optionally) all of these modifications and powered by a 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 or 65 hp (48 kW) Hirth 2706 two-stroke engine, and even the BD-5T, a turboprop version using a Microturbo TRS 18 turbine powering a ...
Data from World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12 General characteristics Type: Four-cylinder, air-cooled, horizontally-opposed, aircraft piston engine Bore: 92 mm (3.6 in) Stroke: 82 mm (3.2 in) Displacement: 2,180 cc (133.0 cu in) Length: 762 mm (30.0 in) Width: 343 mm (13.5 in) Height: 616 mm (24.3 in) Dry weight: 76 kg (167.6 lb) Components Cooling system: Air-cooled Performance Power ...
The Van's RV-12 is an American two-seat, single-engine, low-wing homebuilt airplane eligible for the U.S. E-LSA category, sold in kit form and as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft by Van's Aircraft of Aurora, Oregon. [4] [5] The first RV-12, built by Richard VanGrunsven, at Oshkosh 2008. The RV-12 had its first flight on November 9, 2006. [3]
The wing section is an 18% thickness ratio, much thicker than the typical 12-15% thickness of normal light aircraft wings. At least one commercial model airplane kit of the Facetmobile is in production. [3] The prototype FMX-4 Facetmobile crashed on October 13, 1994, after an in-flight engine failure.