Making a Flying Legend Fit for the 21st Century
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T-Scan Refines World's Fastest 4-Cylinder Airplane |
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You know you are looking at a piece of aviation history the moment you set your eyes on it. Its seductive, elegant lines, its smooth, flush-riveted body and the "get-out-of-my-way" screaming red all bespeak of an unrelenting desire for speed. The Polen Special airplane, conceived and hand-built by Dennis Polen in 1972, is after all these years still one of the most revered homebuilt aircraft in the world.
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| Upon assuming "guardianship" of the Polen Special and flying it at various air shows for several years, Dick Keyt wanted to embark upon making modifications to the plane's aerodynamics and powertrain but without chipping away at its soul. First, he wanted to redo some of the inefficient "plumbing" underneath the cowling (the sheeting covering the engine in the plane's nose) and thus increase the power output of the engine. Second, Keyt wanted to redesign the cowling based on the new engine arrangement and improve aerodynamics. For both of these tasks, Keyt needed to digitize large segments of his plane. Enter Leica T-Scan. |
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Downloads and Documentation
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