Table of Contents
June 2010 Issue
Flight Reports
The four-seat Van’s RV-10 has been an enduring presence in the homebuilt universe, but its best years may still lie ahead. By Marc Cook.
Hatz Classic: A Homebuilt Waco
First-time builder Ron Sieck’s Hatz Classic biplane comes charmingly close to perfection. By Ed Wischmeyer.
Builder Spotlight
If the RV-7 turns out half as well as the workshop in which it is being built, it’ll be a winner. By Matt Johnson.
After a disappointing postponement of the first flight, the Jabiru J250 takes to the skies for real. By Bob Fritz.
Sometimes using a constant-speed prop makes sense, but the decision is often a compromise among weight, cost and performance. By Marc Cook.
Cover Story: Seat Cover Conventions
Now that the foam is cut and glued, we’ll learn how to make the pattern, choose and cut the fabric, and sew the cover. By Mike Manning.
Vacuum-Bagging for Homebuilders
The first installment of a new series introduces you to the materials and equipment you’ll need to tackle vacuum-bagging projects at home. By Patrick Thomson.
Builders share their successes.
Shop Talk
It’s important to understand the fundamentals before you can be conversant in electrical theory, so let’s revisit Georg Simon Ohm and James Watt to see how their laws factor in to aircraft applications. By Jim Weir.
Designer's Notebook
This month we’ll look at another complex interaction between aerodynamics and aircraft structures that can cause structures to fail: fabric flutter. By Barnaby Wainfan.
Exploring
Editor in Chief Marc Cook finds himself in the unique position of being able to compare performance of his GlaStar Sportsman with two different Hartzell props.
DRE has a new ANR headset, Approach Fast Stack Pro-G Hub is issued a PMA, and the Hummingbird heli quickbuild kit gets FAA approval.
When elevator control is lost, there are ways to get the plane on the ground safely using power and trim. By Ed Kolano.
Last year’s Copperstate Fly-In was the occasion for a race where speed was only one of the factors in winning. By Patrick Panzera.
Product Review: BrightLine Pilot Bag
The BrightLine Bag is the ideal accessory for pilots who like a place for everything and everything in its place. By Marc Cook.
When an aircraft engine is tightly cowled without cowl flaps, running hot can be a problem. But there are solutions, as author Amy Laboda found out after much research and experimentation.
UL Power of Belgium adds two new engines to its product line that are distinguished by the inclusion of Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC). By Steve Ells.
Are computer software programs sufficient documentation of a build, and what do you do when a DAR’s request seems unreasonable? By Mel Asberry.
This year’s Sebring Expo was a harbinger of the future for Light Sport Aircraft, and it appears relatively steady. By Dave Martin.
Kit Bits
Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.
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Web Links in this Issue
Follow these links to visit the web sites of companies you read about in the June 2010 issue.
What’s New
Powder Puff Pilot
Oregon Aero
DRE Communications
Wick’s Aircraft Supply
Vertical Aviation Technologies
Approach Fast Stack
RV-10
Van’s Aircraft
Advanced Flight Systems
Hatz
Hatz Classic Information
Hatz Biplane Association
The Garage Mahal
Matt Johnson’s RV-7A Project
To Build a Light Sport
Jabiru Pacific
Constant-Speed Props
Aerocomposites, Inc.
Airmaster (New Zealand)
Avia Propeller
Hartzell Propellers
Hoffman Propeller GmbH & Co.
Ivoprop Corporation
McCauley Propeller Systems
MT-Propeller USA, Inc.
Tarver Propellers
WhirlWind Aviation
Saber Manufacturing (Prop Extensions)
Fuel Venture
Fuel Venture
Product Review: BrightLine Bag
BrightLine Bags
Engine Beat
UL Power
DR Tuning
Fly With Gus, Inc.
Twister Duo
AeroLectrics
Ohm’s Law Spreadsheet
Ohm’s Law Set (Download a Printable PDF)
Standard Wire Table
Incandescent Light Information
Light Stuff
Sebring Light Sport Expo
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KITPLANES tours the Whirlwind Propeller factory where the firm's fixed-pitch and ground-adjustable propellers are made, as well as the blades for Whirlwind constant-speed props.
At AOPA Summit in Hartford, Garmin will unveil its latest portable, the touchscreen aera 796. Take a video tour of the navigator's features, which include synthetic vision, enhanced chart functions, and a new touchscreen interface.
Advanced Flight Systems' Rob Hickman details the company's new 5000-series big screen EFIS at Oshkosh 2010.
Spidertracks introduced a new, smaller, less expensive GPS tracker here at Oshkosh 2010. Rachel Donald explains the main features of the unit and the website that supports it.
CubCrafter's Randy Lervold gives us the skinny on the new Carbon Cub Adventure package introduced here at Oshkosh.
Glasair Aviation’s Mikael Via introduces the new turbocharged, carbon-fiber-bodied Sportsman TC at Oshkosh 2010.
