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    Dean Wilson~Aircraft designer

    I'm in the same boat, so to speak. Last night, my son texted me lamenting now that he is married, he can no longer think about building a Lancair because his wife likes to travel with too much stuff. He is working his way from New Mexico to Michigan for the Christmas holidays. He included a...
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    Super Pulsar 100 FAST BUILD Kit

    Yes. The company was bought and moved to either El Salvador or San Salvador. I can't remember which. Then the owner died demoing a plane to a potential customer. I am not sure if it was one of the newer models or one of the tried and true Pulsar line. Either way, the company was taken over...
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    Engine wear

    Sorry. There are patents in process (on cars).
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    Engine wear

    And one other comment about aircraft engine manufacturers just in it to make a buck and having no interest in fixing the product. Are you guys communists? Of course they are in it to make a buck, and competition would force them to find a solution if they could justify the R&D required to...
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    Engine wear

    Well, several of you are mostly correct, but here are the missing details. Journal bearings operate at very high contact loads and can only levitate away from metal-to-metal contact above maybe 100 rpm engine speed. Below this lift off speed, the journals scuff and wear. So yes, most wear is...
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    Re Super Pulsar 100

    Ok. Here's the scoop. Carbon fiber is MUCH stronger than Aluminum, BUT that is not the end of the story. Composites generally have higher ultimate strengths that metals, but if you look at it from a material science or engineering perspective, then there are other things that are even more...
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    Super Pulsar 100 FAST BUILD Kit

    An update on this Super Pulsar 100. This kit was pretty much a complete kit from the firewall rearward and was missing everything forward of that. (This was exactly as it was advertised, so I was aware before I bought it.) Fortunately, the firewall is exactly identical tot he Pulsar XP. After...
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    Super Pulsar 100 FAST BUILD Kit

    Ok. I am now the proud owner of the Super Pulsar 100 Kit. It was everything he said it was. A very nice kit. It is not sitting in my hangar and slowly going together. Supposedly, there are only 12 of these but they are nearly identical to the Pulsar III. The main difference is that they...
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