Questions tagged [experimental-aircraft]
For questions about experimental aircraft that have not been granted a type certificate by a regulatory agency.
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Adding IFR to an Experimental [duplicate]
I am considering buying an Experimental-Amateur Built plane. It was originally equipped and approved for VFR only.
The second owner completely redid the avionics, and it’s now a solid IFR platform and ...
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Have two similarly sized aircraft ever hard-docked with each other while in flight?
This question is looking for a precedent in aviation related to the futuristic idea of maintaining a permanent fleet of solar-powered aircraft in the upper atmosphere on the sunny side of Venus (which ...
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Are Light Sport Aircraft: Certified, Experimental or a third separate category?
Is a Light Sport aircraft considered to be A certified or experimental aircraft? or is Light Sport a completely different third category?
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Using an experimental aircraft to carry patients for medical treatment?
I am interested in doing flights for organizations that connect pilots with patients. I am also interested in purchasing a Sling Tsi and I am wondering if those two things can be combined since it is ...
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Does the X-59 comply with the "area rule"?
The Lockheed Martin X-59 was rolled out yesterday :-)
Brett Tingley, Watch NASA's sci-fi-looking X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet roll out of the hangar, August 2023.
I am no expert here (and no English ...
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What is the difference between a standard airworthiness and a experimental airworthiness certificate?
What is an experimental certificate? Is it just a certificate that is for aircraft that were built experimentally such as home-built aircraft? What is the purpose of the certificate?
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Are there any variable-diameter propellers?
Have there been any known tests or prototypes of variable-diameter propellers?
There's this paywalled paper from 2014 that seems to have made a virtual prototype model, have there been any physical ...
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Amending Operating Limitations for IFR operations
I own an experimental aircraft and have installed all the equipment necessary to fly under IFR. I found that there's a line on the Operating Limitations document that says "Day/Night VFR ...
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Sensors used on a blade
How to measure the strain, temperature and rotational dynamics on a running engine fan blade? How can you do the experiment?
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Are ex military airplanes experimental?
What makes a plane experimental, and why do all warbirds categorize as experimental aircraft?
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Why was the skid landing gear located so far aft on the X-15?
The X-15 famously used a pair of steel skids as the main landing gear rather than conventional wheels, which saved weight, allowed the skids to be mounted externally (where wheels and tires would have ...
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Why do experimental aircraft have such long tubes on the nose?
Why do experimental aircrafts (like the X-35, the Space Shuttle Enterprise, the H160 or the X-15 in the pictures) have such long Pitot tubes at the nose when compared to the production aircraft? Are ...
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(UK) Why did Colin Furze's Hoverbike not require a licence?
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Why did he not need a licence to fly this?
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Did the Nazis ever have a pulse jet hovercraft?
I recently read an article about experimental aircraft Nazis had made during WW2. And one aircraft caught my attention.It was a experimental aircraft Named “Die Glocke” It was first described by a ...
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Why isn't Yamaha EPeX300Ti more popular in aviation?
The answer to this question might be obvious to experienced aviators. But as an armchair enthusiast, I really couldn't find a satisfactory answer anywhere on the internet.
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