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Eric Stewart is designing and building the SR-1, a speed plane for setting records in the FAI c-1a/0 category (takeoff weight less than 661 pounds, including pilot and fuel). You can see more at facebook.com/TheSR1Project, including additional photos and videos of the subjects in this series of articles.

On the Edge

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Hot-rodding the venerable Rotax four-strokes.

Build Your Own Steel Shop Table

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It’s a great alternative to wood.

Shining a Light on DarkAero

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Ryley, Keegan and River Karl provide a behind-the-scenes view of the DarkAero 1.

DarkAero Keeps It Light

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The Karl brothers bring a new carbon fiber speedster to market.

Testing, Testing!

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Part 3: Testing components and assemblies.

Testing, Testing!

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Part 2: Determining Material Properties

Testing, Testing!

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Part 1: Wing Static Load Test

Sail By Wire

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Paulo Iscold's Nixus sailplane debuts a fly-by-wire control system.

Rapid Prototyping and Experimental Design

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Wheel pants and gear fairings, part 2.

Rapid Prototyping and Experimental Design

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Wheel pants and gear fairings.

In Case You Missed It

Elements of Evolution

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For this month’s cover story on the updated Van’s RV-14A, I not only got...

To Launch a Light Sport

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It’s amazing what a little light will reveal, in this case a planned hole for the wing that would have been dangerously close to the wingspar. No worries. The problem was remedied, and it was on to fixing flaws in the wing’s surface and working on the nosewheel and front suspension; by Bob Fritz.

Completions

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Builders share their successes.

Letters

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Doug Reeves' "Unusual Attitude" article in the February 2012 issue provoked a lot of...