Lisa Turner's Homebuilt Aircraft Page

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PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK TO GO TO MY CURRENT WEB SITE: www.lisaturner.com

What you see here is my old site.

Welcome to Lisa Turner's Homebuilt Aircraft Page!  The purpose of this page is to lend moral support to other experimental aircraft builders AND share experiences building and flying a homebuilt airplane.  I can be contacted at: lisaturner@prodigy.net

Open the links on this page to read about my experiences building and flying a Pulsar XP 912.

456LT Has New Owner! click on this link

Lisa's New Building Project: Update click on this link

WANT A HARDCOPY COLLECTION OF THE ARTICLES ON BUILDING AND FLYING A PULSAR? Contact me via e-mail at lisaturner@prodigy.net

 Pulsar XP 912 Specifications:      

  • 150+ MPH cruise @ 4.8 GALS/HOUR   – auto gas or 100LL
  • Rate of Climb: 1200FPM
  • 600 mile range at low cruise
  • Full IFR panel w/GPS moving map
  • AM/FM/CD STEREO/INTERCOM
  • ROTAX 912 engine
  • 81 HP
  • Full electric trim
  • Dual Fuel tanks – 10 gal each, 9.5 usable
  • Wingspan: 25 feet
  • Length: 20 feet
  • Wing Loading: 13.25 lb/sq.ft.
  • Wing Power loading: 13.25 lb/HP
  • Empty weight: 627 pounds
  • Useful load: 533 pounds    
  • Service ceiling: 15,000 feet
  • Stall Speed: 45MPH
  • Takeoff Roll: 800 feet
  • Landing Roll: 800 feet
  • Prop: GSC Wood, 60 inch
  • Gear Type: Tricycle
  • Matco Hydraulic Disk Brakes
  • Kit Manufacturer: Aero Designs, Inc
  • Note: The Pulsar has a very comfortable but small cockpit.  Pilots over 6' and /or over 175 lbs may not be happy in this airplane


This airplane's INSTRUMENT PANEL appears in the Aircraft Spruce and Specialty ads, including the front cover of their 1999 catalog.

Background:
This aircraft has appeared in the following magazines and newspapers:

Sport Aviation - July 1997
The Palm Beach Post - Dec 1997
AOPA Pilot - March, 1998
EAA Experimenter - April 1998
KITPLANES - May, 1998
Jeff Davis Ledger - June 1998
Woman Pilot - May/June 1998
Aviation For Women - July/August 1998
SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESS JOURNAL - June, 1999
        KITPLANES - July & Aug 1999     


Related Links:

Article on building
KITPLANES.COM
Cross Country Story


Bar Harbor, Maine!


FAST - THIS PULSAR TOOK THIRD PLACE IN THE 1999 SUN 100 AIR RACE!!


Read the July and August issues of KITPLANES magazine - my 3,800 mile cross country trip from Florida to Maine in my Pulsar is featured!


   


This page last updated 9/3/99

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