Ernst Bickmeier

So you want to get into metal shaping?

The best tool for certain tasks may require a bit of ingenuity and home...

You like to think that once you're finished building, those deliriously long cross-country flights you've been craving are near at hand. Enter the DAR, who may or may not agree with that premise. Columnist Amy Laboda and her husband were just such eager beavers, but they soon learned (somewhat reluctantly) that there's value in listening to the voice of experience.

Empty weight and empty CG of the airplane are fixed and do not vary from flight to flight. The same cannot be said of its contents.