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Barnaby Wainfan

Barnaby Wainfan
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Barnaby is a Technical Fellow for Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Design organization. A private pilot with single-engine and glider ratings, Barnaby has been involved in the design of unconventional airplanes including canards, joined wings, flying wings and some too strange to fall into any known category.

Wind Tunnel

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Stiffness.

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Beefing it up.

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Getting it wrong.

All-moving Tails

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All-moving tails.

Wind Tunnel

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Horizontal tail design.

Wind Tunnel

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Spring systems.

How Skin Condition Affects Aircraft Performance

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In the last few editions of Wind Tunnel, we looked at how changes to the surface of an airplane's skin can affect the aerodynamic...

Wind Tunnel

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Ice!

Wind Tunnel

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Simple aerodynamic improvements with tape.

Wind Tunnel

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VTOL flight modes.

In Case You Missed It

Heat Shields Up!

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Protecting your cowling from excess heat.

Fly By Night

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Equipping your homebuilt aircraft for night flight has become both more complicated and more flexible thanks to a wide variety of LED lighting solutions. By Mary Bernard.

Best Practices – Fastener Safety

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Cotter pins, safety wire, lock washers, and thread lockers.

Ask the DAR

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Applying for a repairman certificate, replacing a missing airworthiness certificate.