/ LX7 MOD / Breathtaking performance and flight efficiency in the ultimate BasicMed turboprop THE PRE-TAKEOFF TRIM SETTINGS PROVIDE SOME NOT-SO-SUBTLE CLUES ABOUT THE FURY ABOUT TO BE UNLEASHED. Aileron trim: Right-wing down. Rudder trim: Right of neutral. " You can't use full power on takeoff because there's so much power-and it comes on so fast-that the airplane would turn hard left if you shoved the power lever full forward, " said Lin Hough, owner and pilot of this LX7 with a 680-horsepower Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-28 turboprop and four-blade MT propeller. " The good news is that-even at reduced power-it only takes a few seconds to get to rotation speed, " he said. " We'll be off the ground in 700 feet. " With two people and 100 gallons of fuel BY DAVE HIRSCHMAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID TULIS aboard the four-seat airplane, Hough's boastful-sounding estimate turned out to be an understatement. Roughly 70 percent engine power had us airborne after a 6-second, 600foot ground roll. As soon as the landing gear was up and takeoff flaps retracted, Hough chopped engine power to about 40 percent to avoid overtaking the Beechcraft Bonanza A36 serving as photo ship on this flight-and the Bonanza was climbing at full throttle. 72 AOPA PILOT / December 2021