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Main piston engined production kits with wings extended to 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m). Kits still available in 2011. [31] BD-5D Factory built versions of the BD-5B. BD-5G Piston-engined production kit with wingspan of 17 ft (5.2 m) and a gross weight of 660 lb (299 kg). Kits still available in 2011. [31] BD-5J Jet powered version.
A parts kit is a collection of weapon (notably firearm) parts that, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), "is designed to or may be readily be assembled, completed, converted, or restored to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive."
Hush kit for the Pratt and Whitney JT8D-1 through -17 engines Two JT4As installed on a KLM DC-8. A hush kit is an aerodynamic device used to help reduce the noise produced by older aircraft jet engines. These devices are typically installed on older turbojet and low-bypass turbofan engines, as they are much louder than later high-bypass ...
In 2006, the base MKII kit cost US$182,000, but since builders can purchase additional components already pre-made by Viper Aircraft, customers spent an average of $350,000 on their kits. [6] They would then have to spend approximately another $300,000 [ 6 ] and around 3,000 to 3,500 hours to complete the aircraft. [ 4 ]
The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet is a light attack jet and advanced jet trainer co-manufactured by Dassault Aviation of France and Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany. It was developed specifically to perform trainer and light attack missions, as well as to perform these duties more ideally than the first generation of jet trainers that preceded it.
Single jet engine monoplane trainer Aero L-229: Single-seat light attack version of L-29; only a project Aero L-260: Derivative of L-60 with Praga M-208D engine Aero L-360: Single-engine monoplane utility airplane Aero L-429: Single jet engine monoplane aerobatic airplane Aero S-102: 821 Single-engine jet fighter; Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 built ...
This kit was designed by a moonlighting Larry Shinoda. [22] The final product looked somewhat like the nose of the mid-engined Ford Mustang I prototype. An estimated fifty E/T Mustang kits were produced by Fiberfab. One was installed on an original Shelby Mustang. [23] Similar kits were later produced by a company called VFN Fiberglass. [24]
A gravel kit is a modification on an aircraft to avoid foreign object debris (FOD) damage or ingestion while operating on unpaved surfaces. Modifications generally include methods of preventing the nose gear spraying FOD into the engine and onto the underside of the fuselage or wings, and methods of preventing each engine from ingesting FOD from the ground directly in front of it.