Newest Development Offers A Distributed Electric Propulsion System With In-Wing Propellers

Chip Erwin of Aeromarine LSA brought their new Merlin Lite LSA to the 2021 Deland Sport Aviation Showcase and showed Aero-News Editor-in-Chief Jim Campbell the interesting directions they've taken their single seater sportplane. "In aviation, the price goes up with the number of seats," said Erwin. "You can get a 120 mph, all aluminum, fully painted, EFIS-equipped, ADS-B in and out, transponder, electric trim - all of that for $52,000.

Aero Linx: NASA Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics What is aerodynamics? The word comes from two Greek words: aerios, concerning the air, and dynamis, which means force. Aerodynamics is the study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air. Judging from the story of Daedalus and Icarus, humans have been interested in aerodynamics and flying for thousands of years, although flying in a heavier-than-air machine has been possible only in the last hundred years...

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"Now, on the evening of New Year’s Eve, just five days before the C-Band spectrum will be deployed, we received [FAA] letter asking us to take still more voluntary steps - to the detriment of our millions of consumer, business and government customers - to once again assist the aviation industry and the FAA after failing to resolve issues in that costly 30-day delay period, which we never considered to be an initial one." Source: From a letter written by AT&T, one of the the 2 biggest cell operators in the US protesting the FAA's concerns about their 5G plans, and who have told federal transportation authorities that they will no longer postpone the rollout of their new network services, deciding that t