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Postby wifesaysno » Mon Jul 14, 2014 8:47 pm

My new job has me doing a ton of very hands on engineering. So I have been spending 1/4 of my time in the hanger working on/in, and flying in this beaut, N927LE, the very first Lancair Evolution affectionately named 'Elvis'.
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That would be a Lycoming 540 powered Legacy in the foreground (N540L which is actually a skin here on SimV).

Work is a blast!

Tailwinds,
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Re: My office

Postby OldAirmail » Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:10 pm

I'm sorry to hear of your troubles.

Is there anyway that I can be of help?

Perhaps as a passenger? :D
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Re: My office

Postby wifesaysno » Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:39 pm

Come to central Oregon and pay Lancair a visit OldAirMail!!

Coming out of college and having a 2 month stint at a hell hole I am pretty pumped about working it here. It was at the top of my list of 'cool places to work'.
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Re: My office

Postby expat » Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:32 pm

That must be one of the smallest GA aircraft to have ever had a gas turbine engine...........??

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Re: My office

Postby Fozzer » Tue Jul 15, 2014 3:05 am

expat wrote:That must be one of the smallest GA aircraft to have ever had a gas turbine engine...........??

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A very speedy kit plane!.... :shock: ...!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancair_Evolution

Choice: Piston or Turbine.

Paul... :D ...!

...a bit like your kit MGB car, Matt... :lol: ...!
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Re: My office

Postby expat » Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:59 am

Fozzer wrote:
expat wrote:That must be one of the smallest GA aircraft to have ever had a gas turbine engine...........??

Matt


A very speedy kit plane!.... :shock: ...!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancair_Evolution

Choice: Piston or Turbine.

Paul... :D ...!

...a bit like your kit MGB car, Matt... :lol: ...!



I am old school Paul, I would go for the supercharger kit.....:

http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProd ... xID=111420

Also a tad cheaper....... :dance:

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Re: My office

Postby wifesaysno » Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:13 am

Matt, the whole point of the Evolution's existence is to replace the first turbine Lancair: The IV Prop Jet which was a real killer. Un holy fast....too fast! And a lot smaller :D
http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/aircraf ... 8UY2PldXxY
****The airspeeds mentioned are structural limits, I have seen to many crash reports of the IV Prop Jet going well past 400mph which it was never designed for*****


But I believe this is the smallest turbine kit plane to-date (not a kit with a turbine though):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yle0bNfmf0E

The coolest Lancairs are the Legacy and 360 hands down. Sweet little speed demons. Legacy's at Reno can hit 400mph on ~600hp and the 360s can pass 300mph on ~200hp! Not bad for little 2 seaters O0
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