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The first honest analysis (known to me) on applicability of alternative energy was made in USSR, by Piotr Kapitza in 1975. Solar, wind, fuel cells, hydro, geothermal are all suffering from low density of the energy flux...

Not only I hate trolling, I hate trolls who do it too. This guy promoting his coin making YT channel is the one of them.

Yeah, I read about this recently too. There was an experiment which showed regular folks did better on multitasking activities, then those who consider themselves as capable multitaskers. This gives me some hope that I can achieve my dream to be a capable pilot one day.

I am in my first 47 hours of PPL training flying PA-28-161. My instructor says my stick and rudder skills are pretty good, I do good landings and engine out procedures but there are other areas where I consistently fall behind like power off stalls, class D comms, work in the pattern where I...

All autonomous electric transport is suffering from the low energy density problem and ultimately will be the same low margin business, because it will carry battery [dead]weight which doesn't pay money to transport it and therefore should be considered as a lost opportunity profit. No matter...

Thanks all, yes I am aware of the data model, I used it to get myself up to speed with NTSB data. The issue with NTSB dataset is data quality. I've spent a week writing cleanup and standardization code to bring engine and aircraft data (Piper only for now) into common standard. It is tedious...

As this quickly run into a wall, my next step will be to download FAA master registration database and match aircraft type in it based on N-number. I will report how far I will go with it. Thanks all!

I am noticing aircraft with conversions are designated as a separate aircraft make in NTSB. I wonder if this is correct designation in GA and if it is proper leave make as a parent (CESSNA in this case) and indicate the fact of conversion in the model of the aircraft (ex: Wren 460)? Here is...

Great points Bell206 and Ron, thank you. My initial idea was to filter on all engine related accidents for certified aircraft and calculate average time to failure for each manufacturer on factory new or overhauled engine. For my purpose I consider overhauled engine having the same quality as a...

Good day to all! I do Data Engineering for living and I was always curious to analyse NTSB accident dataset for my research on engines reliability. After I loaded whole database I came to notice their dataset is not that clean. For example I see many tens of "CONTINENTAL..." manufactures: So...

At least they got spinner! I was thinking about getting kit for Lancair/Glasair too, and I saw one recently. 26 years old, 3 previous owners, stored under tarp shade on bare ground. Fiberglass skin feels soaked all the moisture it can, rusty gear disks, dust inside closed wings. It is not...

This is hell of a lot of engine for Lancair 360! Will be bit too much CG forward. But price is definitely begs to borrow. Better be for Glasair 3 or Lance Legacy.

Thank you @tsts4 , @Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe. This is super helpful!

Hi ALL! If things work well I will be the owner and builder of the partially built Lancair 360. However this is a problem: I never purchased kit before. What this process looks like from legal standpoint so both seller and buyer are protected? Do I need to involve lawyer or notary? What type of...

They priced themselves out for sure. GA trends don't look healthy (based on local airport traffic and gas consumption) and 100K kit doesn't makes any economical sense today. And their silence speaks for it. Thanks for the ideas, but Barracuda is way out of my budget. I am looking into GS2/3...

Hi @Tools can you reply on my post here: https://lancairtalk.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7309#p53770? Thank you.

The error I got was this. But looks like account was registered, since I got the email asking for my first, last and type of aircraft I am building. BTW I still didn't get final confirmation after I provided all the answers.

Thanks! Their site reports MySQL error during registration, but I will keep trying.

Hey fellow pilots and builders! I am in a process of purchasing partially finished lancair 360 kit and looking for a help inspecting it. Anyone is available or can recommend one? Kit is located in GA. Thanks.

Thank you for the link. I wonder what that peak of 1986 indicates. It's 2.5 times the average. General decline is obvious and doesn't look to break any time soon. The LSA story, BRS chute, glass panels, carbon fiber, AOPA, EAA, etc didn't make it happen. What will?