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  - Update on RC Kits from QQ Aircraft Company
    08/22/07
    Quique Sominzini’s just shared with me the third prototype of the first RC Turbine Toucan kit and all I can say is WOW. I think you all will be very pleased based on what I saw. Quique has had to make considerable mods to make the RC Toucan a good flyer, mostly CG related. He has been doing a great
  - Our First Operations out of Home Base, San Carlos CA
    08/21/07
    Greeting,
    Monday’s flight represented our first flight out of and back to San Carlos (KSQL). It was another squawk free flight, which is what the entire team really needed. We are gaining considerable confidence in the aircraft and aircraft systems. We have one last system test which is our pro
  - Systems Complete, Ready for Next Flight
    08/17/07
    All the final systems for the Turbine Toucan are now ready to go. Bleed Air heat, Oxygen and a variation in some fuel management totalled out the weeks work. The plane is now for a series of high altitude test flights which will start next week. This will be the conclusion of the test phase of flyin
  - Systems Just about done
    08/16/07
    As of Thursday night, we have all the systems just about installed and ready to be tested end of day Friday. The bleed air system was a lot of work and is now about 90% done, shouldn't be much more past noon on Friday and we can test the bleed air out. If all goes well, we'll button everyt
  - Back in the Nest!
    08/14/07
    Well, we mentioned yesterday was going to be a big day, and it was. The best possible senario, a non event. As soon as the plane was back, in the hangar it went and off came the wing root fairings and all the side panels. Time to get moving on the bleed air system and oxygen system. As of dinner tim
  - Home Coming Monday!
    08/12/07
    Greetings All,
    We are getting ready to bring the Turbine Toucan home tomorrow. It is an emotional time for us, so much has had to happen to get to this stage of the game. We have a great deal to be thankful for. So many people have gone out of their way to provide support to the program. Our fa
  - New Poster, Original First Day Photos
    08/09/07
    
    Here is one of several posters planned for next year. dk
  - Preparing for Home!
    08/09/07
    After over 4 months of being away from home, we are close to concluding the initial test phase of the Turbine Toucan. The plane will be back in San Carlos in less than one weeks time! We have waited a long time for this day, and it is quickly closing.
    
    We still have a great deal of work to
  - Ken Erickson & Team Starts to Explore the Aerobatic Envelop (a bit)
    08/03/07
    Greetings Everyone!!
    Exciting news from the Toucan Team; we have slowly started introducing aerobatics/unusual attitudes into our test regime. The airplane saw extreme angle of attack attitudes (75%+ deck angle) at very slow speeds. We then brought in the power and was able to accelerate out of
  - Pilatus vs. Turbine Toucan? Size does matter......
    08/01/07
    You know, it's always fun to put put a little perspective in life. In this case, a little perspective with regard to scale. You really don't have any idea how big the propeller is on the Turbine Toucan until you have something to compare to, so here you go. We just thought this was a fun p
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