It wasn’t too bad initially. We headed towards Jicarilla Airport and the north/south valley that ends near Albuquerque starts there. I had the corset all the way in and was doing 65-70 mph ground speed.
Never seen one of these before. Ran into it at the Boulder City BFE hangar. Looks fast sitting still. Epic LT Experimental amateur build turboprop. 340 kts cruise speed, and climbs at 3000 fpm. Hokey smokes Bullwinkle!
A world first patent corset mechanism for the twist control of the Air Creation BioniX wing. The variable geometry allows the pilot to adjust the handling, speed & performance of the aircraft with the ability to go very fast, or ideally very slow for short field landings.
There are the western buttes of MV. The winds were 30 mph of the north, as we crept past MV with a ground speed near 50mph all the way to Cal Black Airport, near...
We headed south along the edge of the Grand Canyon. We had a 25 mph headwind, which slowed our ground speed to 35 to 45 mph. We lined up on the Zuni Corridor and it took...
...Trim 55kts at 5500 Rpm. Wing will still climb at 600ft/min and maneuver well with bar out at 5500. Astronomical fuel burn.
Touch down speed 45kts
Roll handling is gr...