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Turbine Revolution for the single-engine
experimental airc
FYI
http://www.innodyn.com/ Innodyn Aviation
The Turbine Revolution has arrived for
the single-engine experimental aircraft pilot!
The Innodyn Turbine will enable the vast majority of
experimental pilots to fly with the same advantages historically
reserved for far more expensive aircraft.
The Innodyn Turbine combines
the reliability of a turbine, the ease of computer-controlled
operation and the efficiency of Innodyn's patented fuel-control
technology. Together with our marketing partners, we are offering
complete "firewall forward" solutions to the experimental aircraft
owner and pilot.
Plus a recent article:
http://www.aviationsafetymagazine.com/pub/25_6/features/7945-1.html
Are
Turbines Safer?
Small, affordable
turbines are just coming into view. But here's why they probably won't
improve GA's accident rate.
By Gregory
Travis
Innodyne Turbines is probably the leader in developing GA-sized
turboprop engines like the one pictured above. So far, its offerings
are for Experimental aircraft only.
It's axiomatic that the gas turbine engine is more reliable than
general aviation's ubiquitous warhorse, the reciprocating piston
engine. Like the old saw about the two kinds of pilots-those who've
made a wheels-up landing and those who will-we all fly behind our
piston engines wondering not if they'll eat a valve, but when.
Several new companies have appeared recently with promises for
GA turbines as plentiful as Chinese goods at a WalMart-and almost as
affordable. For those of us interested in safety, what kinds of
effects can we expect should the powerplant demographics of the fleet,
particularly the demographics of spamcan power, change from
suc...
Aviation Safety
Magazine
Volume 25, Number 6, June 2005
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