Nemesis NXT

The Sharp Nemesis NXT (which stands for "Neoteric experimental Technology") is a sport-class kit-built aircraft, designed for air racing. It was designed by Nemesis Air Racing's president Jon Sharp, as a follow-on to their Sharp Nemesis. It is a two-seat, single engine, low wing, retractable gear kit aircraft. As designed, the aircraft is powered by a Lycoming TIO-540-NXT Thunderbolt six-cylinder engine.

In 2011 the German company Air-C-Race became the official builder of RC models of the Nemesis NXT.

Racing history

The prototype Nemesis NXT, race number 3X (N333XT), flown by Jon Sharp, won the 2008 Reno Air Races Sport Class championship, setting a new race record speed of . During the ten-day event, Sharp set a heat record of and during the qualification, set a record of , the first time a racer in this class had broken the 400 mph speed barrier. Speeds of over are usually only turned in by Unlimited Class racing aircraft."History Made at Reno by Jon Sharp and Lycoming", ''Lycoming News''
A second NXT, race number 42 fielded by Relentless Racing, finished fifth with an average speed in the gold race of .

Jon Sharp announced his retirement from Pylon Racing in August 2011, as the pilot with the highest number of wins in the history of racing. In 2015 he was invited to donate his prototype Nemesis NXT to the National Air and Space Museum, and it was delivered in 2018 by Crew Chief Steve Hill and race pilot Justin Phillipson. Museum directors planned to display it in their ''Nation of Speed'' gallery at the museum's central site, but when they realized it was too large to fit through that building's access door, they moved it to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Fairfax County, Virginia, where it is on permanent display (as of 2022) in the Boeing Aviation Hangar alongside its older sibling, Nemesis.

Records

On 30 July 2008, Sharp set an FAI class C1b world record for speed over a straight course at .

On 20 September 2009, Sharp won the Super Sport Gold race at Reno with a speed of .

On 16 September 2009, Sharp qualified first with a speed of for the top spot in the Super Sport class at Reno.

On 17 September 2009, Sharp set a Super Sport race record of .

On 18 September 2009, Sharp beat the previous day's record with a speed of .

On 19 September 2009, the aircraft reached , the first homebuilt aircraft to exceed average race speed on the Reno course.

On 20 September 2009, Sharp won the Super Sport Gold race at a record speed of . He earned his 15th National Championship (another record) completing the "Record a Day and Two on Sunday" Reno campaign of 2009.

In September–October 2015 Sharp set five FAI records for piston aircraft at Moriarty, New Mexico; all are current in 2022:

* In the under-1000 kg weight class C1b, average 393 miles/hour for four 3-km runs at low altitude; and 406 miles/hour for two 15 km runs at unrestricted altitude
* In the under-1750 kg class class C1c, average 415 miles/hr on the 3-km course, 407 miles/hr on the 15 km, and 397 miles/hr for a 100 km circuit.

Specifications

References

External links

Nemesis Air Racing Official Web Site

Relentless Air Racing

Reno Air Racing Association



"Air Racer: Chasing the Dream" documentary film

Sport Class Air Racing Web Site

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