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COMPANY NEWS BLOG

 

Catch up with progress with the TLAC News Blog

 

You Tube Video

 

New footage has been posted on YouTube of the Sherwood Ranger demonstrator being flight tested, its short field performance and precise handling enabled all of the flights to be handled within the bounds of Lt Snoring airfield. Watch the recent video click here or to see some library video of a Sherwood Ranger in the US built by Dan Nelson click here

 

New Cowlings

 

Cowlings specifically for the Jabiru 2200 and other flat 4 engines are now available. With an increasing number of customers looking at flat 4 four stroke engines to power the Sherwood Ranger we have commissioned a pair (upper and lower) engine cowlings specifically for that purpose. The is a choice of either Carbon Fibre or conventional GRP construction and we should be able to confirm pricing after the first moldings have been taken from the moulds, click here to enquire about these cowlings.

 

New Laser

 

As part of the ongoing program to increase kit quality, and to bring in-house manufacturing that had previously been sub-contracted The Light Aircraft Company Ltd has received delivery of their own high performance wood cutting laser. This investment will enable wood ribs normally cut from GL1 ply by high speed router to be cut with zero cutting forces applied to the wood. The high performance water cooled laser will cut up to 6mm GL1 and commercial WBP plywood, a wide range of other woods, plastics, fabrics etc, it also will enable wooden components to be marked with individual part numbers making builders lives a lot easier.

 

Friedrichshafen 2010

 

With our demonstrator (G-TLAC) complete and 30 plus hours of air time under its wings we once again took the significant decision to put her on her purpose built trailer and take the 1800 mile round trip to Friedrichhafen, to exhibit her at Aero Expo 2010. We had made this trip the year before but she was suspended at a height of 6 meters above the Oratex stand and whilst she drew some admiring glances this year we were inundated with admirers, potential customers, the press and fellow aircraft companies. For 4 days we took enquiry after enquiry but as we all know aviation fly's on bureaucracy and although we are the smaller end of the market we are affected in the same way as Boeing and Airbus in that to sell the Sherwood Ranger in some overseas countries we need approvals, these we are beginning to work to achieve.