Aileron Ceiling Thrust 
Flying Magazine
JULY 22, 2025
Taxiing requires forays into Beta as there is so much thrust at idle that the Epic will rapidly accelerate beyond taxi speed. Max usable fuel: 264 gallons Service Ceiling: 34,000 ft. Preflight is conventional and gives one an opportunity to look at the excellent fit and finish of the airframe. without options) Max Baggage: 200 lbs.
Vintage Aviation News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
He replaced the two-cylinder, horizontally opposed Detroit Aero 25hp engine with a three-cylinder Szekely SR-3 45-hp radial engine, and in 1935, he changed out the wooden fuselage frame for a tubular steel one, and removed the pulleys and cables for wing warping and added ailerons to the wings.
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Vintage Aviation News
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Air Force and NASA to explore using vectored thrust to transition from vertical and horizontal takeoffs to achieve level flight before making a vertical landing. It was also the first VTOL aircraft to use a jet thrust diverter system for vertical lift. He compared its glide rate to that of a Cessna 206.
Aerotime
OCTOBER 18, 2024
The new aircraft would be called ‘Mercure’, as decided by the company’s founder Marcel Dassault, who wanted to name the new aircraft after a mythological figure, opting for ‘ Mercury ’ (or ‘ Mercure ’ in French) who had wings on his helmet and ailerons on his feet.
Airspeed Junkie
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
These engines are arranged in four pods beneath the wings, a design that not only provides the necessary thrust but also helps delay stall onset, contributing to the aircraft’s stability and performance. The aircraft uses a system of six spoilerons on each wing for roll control, compensating for the lack of traditional ailerons.
Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Precisely what the single-engine ceiling is, the team can’t say. “We We just fly the thing around at 1000 feet, so the ceiling, we don’t know. The wing’s dead-smooth surface plus the tight-fitting aileron and flap brackets plus aileron gap seals give the build a professional factory look (left).
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