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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.

Wind Tunnel

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Beefing it up.

Wind Tunnel

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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

On Getting Dark

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Tyrants make memorable flight instructors, a good thing when the lessons being imparted need...

It’s Toy Season!

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Because few new products get announced at Sun ’n Fun, there’s often a dead zone between April and the big intros at AirVenture in July. But that doesn’t mean it’s total dullsville. A couple of new bits have caught my eye recently.

Weir’s Wires

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Mil-spec wire isn't just for military aircraft. It's the only kind of wire you want to use in your aircraft, too.

A Cautionary Tail

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One Monday morning I opened an email from the second owner of a Onex....