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Dana Hague

Dana Hague
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Dana soloed at 16 and has been messing around with the low and slow side of aviation ever since. An aerospace engineer by education and mechanical engineer by trade, he’s been taking things apart almost since birth and usually manages to put them back together again. He’s owned and tinkered with a variety of homebuilts over the years and currently flies a Hatz CB-1 biplane.

Do-It-Yourself Tailwheel

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Adding a custom-designed tailwheel to a Fisher FP-404.

Restoring a Stored Homebuilt

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Expect the unexpected.

Magnetos For Half VW Engines

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Points to ponder at replacement time.

In Case You Missed It

Completions

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Builders share their successes.

Checkpoints

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Last action taken.

Wind Tunnel

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Columnist Barnaby Wainfan discusses the factors that affect the longitudinal stability of an aircraft during a variety of maneuvers. Designers make compromises to keep stick forces down so that a pilot can control an airplane, but sometimes they go too far, and light control forces can result in problems that are just as serious as those posed by forces that are too heavy. Whats a designer to do? The most important considerations are presented.

On a Wing and a Whim

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Flying a scratch-built Sonex is good for the soul.