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there are no photos as yet of the company’s test aircraft.
The F-23 Hirth two-cycle engine was designed
from the start for aircraft use by Göbler-Hirthmotoren
KG of Germany, and distributed in the United States by
Recreational Power Engineering in Tiffin, Ohio. The aircooled two-cylinder engine turns at 6,150 rpm to generate
50 horsepower. The company made large aircraft engines
in the 1930s and 1940s, but had to stop making aircraft
engines with Germany’s defeat in World War II. Up to
1974 the company made snowmobile engines. It revived
its aircraft engine work with the growth of the ultralight
industry in the 1980s.
The SD–1 is claimed to have a 118-mph cruise speed, a
1,400 fpm climb rate, a 39-mph stall speed, and five hours
of endurance. Operational costs are claimed to be $12 an
hour operational including fuel, oil, and engine overhaul.
The engine has a 1,000-hour time between overhaul. The
wings are removable.
The aircraft comes standard with a Dynon glass panel
and radio, a digital instrument panel, fuel and power management systems, an emergency locator transmitter, and
navigation and landing lights.
EMAIL alton.marsh@aopa.org
PHOENIX CHOSEN BEST LSA
THE BEST COMMERCIAL Light Sport aircraft at the 2013 Sun ’n Fun
International Fly-In and Expo in Lakeland, Florida, was a Phoenix
Motorglider. There are few production LSA gliders among the
131 models approved (seven of them no longer produced, leaving
only 124 to choose from), and Phoenix Motorglider salesmen are
proud. Phoenix Air’s U.S. distributor, Jim Lee, declared the award
proof of the aircraft’s quality. “This award confirms what we have
been saying for years—the fit, finish, and design of the dual-purpose Phoenix tops anything on the market.”
The Phoenix Motorglider had 10 registrations in 2012,
putting it in a tie for sixth place among all S-LSA manufacturers. The leader in registrations was the Cessna Skycatcher
with 94, followed by the CubCrafters Carbon Cub with 48 and
the Aerotrek with 13. Flight Design has 14 percent of the market, the Skycatcher 11 percent, and the CubCrafters Carbon
Cub 9.4 percent. Phoenix ranked twentieth with 0.5 percent
of the market. The top 20 market leaders are ranked by bydan
johnson.com.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013
Contents
President's Position
Letters
Waypoints
Proficient Pilot
Foundation Focus
License to Learn
Pilot Counsel
Fly Well
One Fast Cat
AOPA Sweepstakes
Test Pilot
Pilot Products
Fly-Outs
LSA News
News
Not Your Father's Airplane
Diesel Dawn
Will We All Be Flying Diesels?
Top Diesel Models
Truth in Animation
Safety Pilot Landmark Accident: Set-Up Stall
Ownership
Technique
Efficiency
Never Again
Events
Partnerships
State & Local Action
Member Products
AOPA Foundation
Member Services
Fly by Wire
Pilots
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - President's Position
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Letters
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Waypoints
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Proficient Pilot
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Foundation Focus
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - License to Learn
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 25
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Pilot Counsel
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 27
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Fly Well
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 31
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - One Fast Cat
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - AOPA Sweepstakes
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Test Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 37
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Pilot Products
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 39
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Fly-Outs
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - LSA News
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - News
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - D1
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 49
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Not Your Father's Airplane
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 52
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 53
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Diesel Dawn
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Will We All Be Flying Diesels?
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 62
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Top Diesel Models
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 65
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 66
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 67
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Truth in Animation
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 69
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 70
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 71
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 72
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 73
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Safety Pilot Landmark Accident: Set-Up Stall
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 75
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 76
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 77
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Ownership
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 81
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 82
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Technique
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 86
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Efficiency
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 88
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 89
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Never Again
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 91
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 92
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 93
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Events
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 95
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Partnerships
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 97
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - State & Local Action
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 99
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Member Products
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 101
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - AOPA Foundation
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 103
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Member Services
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 105
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - 106
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Fly by Wire
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