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Mission Profile
- High-Performance
- Complex
- High-Altitude
- Pressurization
Estimated Ownership Costs
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About the Lancair Evolution Turbine
Overview
The Lancair Evolution is a four-seat, pressurized, retractable-gear composite kit aircraft, the largest clean-sheet design in the Lancair line. In its turbine form a 750-shp Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-135A on a carbon-fiber airframe cruises around 275 KTAS in economy and up to 300 KTAS at FL280, with a 6.5 psi cabin holding roughly an 8,000-foot cabin altitude at cruise. First flown in 2008, it brought turboprop capability (pressurization, glass avionics, Jet-A turbine speed) into the experimental category well below the price of a factory turboprop.
As an Experimental Amateur-Built aircraft, every Evolution is individually airworthiness-certificated and reflects its builder’s workmanship; there is no type certificate, and equipment, build quality, and resale vary by airframe. The kit remains in production from Evolution Aircraft Company in Redmond, Oregon, offered with builder assistance, and a Lycoming piston version serves buyers who do not need turbine speed and altitude. It is a cross-country machine that asks for a current, well-trained pilot, and for the budget and discipline of a turboprop, not a light single.
Key Features for GA Buyers
- 750-shp PT6A-135A turboprop. Pratt & Whitney Canada’s proven engine drives 275 KTAS economy cruise and up to 300 KTAS at altitude on Jet-A, with a 3,600-hour TBO.
- 6.5 psi pressurization. Holds about an 8,000-foot cabin at FL280, giving weather-topping, oxygen-free high-altitude cruise.
- Clean-sheet composite airframe, 168-gallon fuel. Carbon-fiber construction and large tanks support roughly 1,000 nm legs at high true airspeed, with a useful load near 1,900 lb.
- Still in production, with a piston option. Evolution Aircraft Company continues to sell the kit with builder assistance; a Lycoming piston Evolution serves buyers who do not need turbine performance.
Trade-offs
- Experimental Amateur-Built, not type-certificated. Each airframe is individually certificated and reflects its builder’s work; there is no factory POH or type certificate, and insurance, financing, and resale all reflect the experimental category.
- Turboprop operating cost. Jet-A burn, a six-figure engine overhaul reserve, and turbine-class insurance put ownership on a different footing from any piston single.
- Pressurized, high-performance airframe. High-altitude flight, pressurization, and a fast, slick airframe demand recurrent, type-specific training; the Lancair line carries a high accident share in the NTSB record.
- Builder commitment. Even with factory builder-assist, an Evolution is a substantial owner-built project, and the finished aircraft’s value tracks the quality of that build.
See Also
- Lancair PropJet IV – Lancair’s earlier and faster turbine, on the IV-P airframe. Compare
- Lancair IV-P – the pressurized piston kit that preceded it. Compare
- Piper M500 – a certified single-engine turboprop in the same mission, with a type certificate. Compare
- Daher TBM 900 – the certified high-speed single-turboprop benchmark. Compare
Technical Specifications
Dimensions & Weights
- Height
- 10 ft
- Length
- 30 ft
- Parking area (ft²2)
- 1,645 ft²
- Max Takeoff Weight
- Source: manufacturer figure 4,550 lbs
- Max Landing Weight
- 4,200 lbs
- Useful Load
- Source: manufacturer figure 1,900 lbs
- Fuel Capacity
- 168 gal
Performance
- Cruise Speed
- Source: manufacturer figure 300 KTAS
- Never-Exceed (VNE)
- Source: manufacturer figure 256 KIAS
- Max Structural Cruise (VNO)
- Source: manufacturer figure 220 KIAS
- Approach Speed
- 79 KIAS
- Stall, Clean (VS1)
- Source: manufacturer figure 76 KIAS
- Range
- 1027 NM
- Service Ceiling
- 28,000 ft
- Rate of Climb
- 4000 fpm
Engine
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Sources
Where the figures on this page come from. Lancair Evolution Turbine specifications are traced to published references; estimated values are flagged inline next to the figure.
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