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| Oct 02, 2009 |
| First Flight in 720 NXT in Panama!!! |
link below to you tube
All went well and plane flew excellent. The added weight of the 720 Lycoming made it possible to fly at front limit of CG, this and the longer vertical fin made for very stable handling. Engine power and MT prop where simply amazing. On landing the vacuum on the inducti... |
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| Sep 22, 2009 |
| What A Fun Week!!! |
As many of you already know, I was unable to remove Nemesis from the throne and this was the biggest lead I was able to muster against Jon Sharp on Sunday. We hit every point in our plan when the hammer fell but Relentless simply didn’t have the ponies to win. While I am writing this with much disap... |
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| Sep 11, 2009 |
| Relentless Reno 2009 Blog up and Running!!! |
Click on link below and check out my Reno Blog each day to catch up on Race 42 info and Sport Class SMACK!!!
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| Jan 29, 2009 |
| Sbach meets Extreme Air Surfer Chris Ward (Wardo) |
VedaloHD, SLO Air and AZHIASIAM all joined together Jan. 25th to see what would happen if they put world class surfers into unlimited aerobatic planes. Well the results where mixted as most ot the rides where for people who had never been upsidedown in any aircraft. SLO Air in San Luis Obispo hosted... |
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| Jan 06, 2009 |
| Relentless gets Face Lift and power upgrades!!! |
Upon returning from a dismal showing this year at Reno I have had the time to complete the installation of the new injection system, install the electronic ignition from Light Speed Engineering and finally work out the new oil cooler installation. Initial testing has gone great and now I plan on wor... |
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| Jan 04, 2009 |
| IMage of Relentless makes it to finals in Aviation Week Magazine!!! |
Click on link below and if you like the photo of Relentless by Jessica Ambats please click on "recommend" below picture!!!
Thank you all who voted. There are some stunning image in the December issue of Aviation Week including my fav!!!!!
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| Nov 27, 2008 |
| Relentless NXT for Sale!!! NOW $395,000 |
This beautiful aircraft is capable of speeds over 400mph. It has been used in endless ads and seen in several top aviation magazines because of its unique abilities and beauty. Whether you want an amazing racer for competition or to simply own this unique and remarkable aircraft, please contact me t... |
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| Sep 06, 2008 |
| Reno is here, Relentless is ready!!! |
| Well the past few weeks have been interesting to say the least. This year was a little more difficult because none of the changes we planned could be made until after the plane returned from being on display at Oshkosh.
Juice! I want to thank my new sponsor Don Rivera of Airflow Performance.... |
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| Apr 29, 2008 |
| SLO Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement with XtremeAir |
SLO Air and crew in San Luis Obispo where only a few weeks away from closing door of the NXT manufacturing and literally stumbled across the coolest little plane! Xtreme Air of German has been developing this aircraft along with a two-seat version for unlimited acrobatics competition and all out Fun... |
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| Mar 30, 2008 |
| Order NEW Lightspeed Zulu Headsets NOW!!! |
Now you can order new Lightspeed Zulu Headsets directly from Relentless Air Racing and you will get free NXT cap and Relentless NXT poster signed by Kevin Eldredge.
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| Mar 25, 2008 |
| Last NXT Kit SOLD! |
| NXT Kit 10 has just been sold to Franck Doyen of Design Tech Centre in France. Mr. Doyen is planning on completing the last NXT kit in time for the 2009 Reno Air Races. His team plans on building the kit per plans but fitting a turbo diesel engine designed in France. We will post more detailed infor... |
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| Nov 14, 2007 |
| SLO Air Web Cam is up!!! |
What is are we up to? That is a question that is asked allot so we have installed a "LIVE" web cam in the SLO Air shop so you can check in and see what is being worked on. Zoom and take pictures if you want. Lots of fun and we welcome the company. If you have any questions about any of the projects... |
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| Oct 23, 2007 |
| Relentless gets lesson from Tuckers |
What a wonderful experience to fly with Sean and Eric Tucker during the Miramar Air Show in San Diego. I just wish I would have remembered my smoke!!!!
Photo grapher was Jessica Ambats |
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| Sep 28, 2007 |
| Ride Along in Relentless at over 380mph!!! |
See what we see dropping on Reno at records Sport Class speeds via U-tube:
Paste this lnk in your browser http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfKKq1GLCcQ&NR=1
Or go to Utube and search "relentless NXT" |
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| Sep 27, 2007 |
| NXT Kit 9 Sells to Nick Beck!!! |
Not sure if it was watching two NXT's battle it out at Reno at over 380mph or the 20 minute ride in Relentless right after Reno, but it didn't take Nick Beck long to figure out he had to have his own NXT!
Mr. Beck an American living full time in Holland will have his NXT delivered to John Par... |
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| Sep 22, 2007 |
| NXT Rule!!! |
2007 Reno is over and in light of such a tough week of racing with the loss of fellow competitors, Team Relentless WAS! In the end Kevin Eldredge piloted Relentless to the edge of what her stock NXT 540 Lycoming could give and lost to the 29 year veteran Jon Sharp and his NXT Nemesis at 385mph avera... |
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| Sep 14, 2007 |
| Records Shattered!!! |
Can you be king for a day? It appears Kevin Eldredge and Team Relentless can! Tuesday Sept. 11th Kevin and his stunning NXT shatter the fastest Sport Class record by over twenty miles and hour and lay down a qualifying speed of 378.6!!! “Relentless is amazing! She really comes together when you pus... |
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| Aug 13, 2007 |
| Nemesis NXT - Top 10 Sexiest Designs |
Check out Plane and Pilots latest issue featuring the Top 10 Sexiest Planes!!! Is it a surprise that Jon Sharp's Design is listed? |
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| Jul 26, 2007 |
| Relentless NXT Wins Airventure Cup Race to Oshkosh! |
Kevin Eldredge and his wife Karen won the Unlimited and overall race at an average speed of 337.46 mph over the 400 mile course from Dayton Ohio to Fondilac Wisconsin just south of Oshkosh. Relentless had just completed it's total rebuild and test flights in time to fly to Oshkosh for the race. Kevi... |
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| Jun 29, 2007 |
| LIGHTSPEED Aviation announces sponsorship of the Relentless |
Portland, Oregon, LIGHTSPEED Aviation, the world's largest supplier of headsets to the general aviation community, today announced its sponsorship agreement with the Relentless Sport Class Air Racing Team. The two organizations, well known for combining leading edge technology and performance will ... |
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| Apr 07, 2007 |
| Relentess Update |
| It’s been almost a year to the day since I had to put Relentless in the desert in New Mexico after the engine crank seal blew out and dumped all the oil out. You can imagine my enthusiasm when I hit the start button this past week and she came to life! On the 6th I rolled her out to the loca... |
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| Jan 27, 2007 |
| Relentless who? |
| Relentless update..........
Relentless Who?
I know this update is way overdue but we are in high gear finishing Race 42. Imagine the difference between Clark Kent and Superman and you can get an idea of the changes we have incorporated into the Relentless transformation over the pa... |
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| Jun 18, 2006 |
| Check out Chris Webb's short take on Relentless at Reno 2005 |
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| Jun 12, 2006 |
| Moving right along |
| I am sorry I have not put out much info about Relentless, but as you can imagine we are very busy. We were able to get R back to San Luis Obispo after a grueling 39 hours of driving in three days. My wife Karen and I cut the tail off and loaded R on a trailer in about 4 hours. During our long trip h... |
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| Apr 11, 2006 |
| Relentless is still Relentless! |
| Thank you all for the kind words about my team, my plane, and me. You can never have to many friends, especially when you’re around to enjoy them!
I was returning from a tiring but exceptional week at Sun N Fun in Lakeland Florida. I departed Tuesday morning April 11th from a wonderful ni... |
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| Mar 20, 2006 |
| Sun 'N Fun Showing |
| Relentless will be in Sun 'N Fun for your viewing pleasure! We will update site for location once we secure space. We hope to have new plush leather interior and some other goodies to show off. We are trying to get permission to do some demo flights but have not finalized.
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| Feb 02, 2006 |
| NEW Engine for Relentless |
New TSIO NXT 540 from Lycoming arrived this week! Preparations are underway to install new powerhouse in the next few weeks. The engine on loan from Jon Sharp has been returned to factory for overhaul after Kevin wound it up at Reno last September. 'The stock 540 ran great but after 2900 and 45 ... |
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