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Mike and Laura Starkey’s RANS S-21: Part 9

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Panel planning and building.

Mike and Laura Starkey’s RANS S-21: Part 8

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Feeding the beast.

Mike and Laura Starkey’s RANS S-21: Part 7

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Let’s take a moment to catch you up on our RANS S-21 build: So far we have a fuselage constructed, sitting on the wheels,...

Mike and Laura Starkey’s RANS S-21: Part 6

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Pieces and parts.

Mike and Laura Starkey’s RANS S-21: Part 5

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Building somewhere to sit.

Mike and Laura Starkey’s RANS S-21: Part 4

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Flying forward with the wing build.

Mike and Laura Starkey’s RANS S-21: Part 3

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The build begins “small.”

Mike and Laura Starkey’s RANS S-21: Part 2

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What do we do now?

Mike and Laura Starkey’s RANS S-21: Part 1

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Part 1: foundations of the build.

In Case You Missed It

Mind the Gap

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An ill-fitting joint where the wing joins the fuselage doesn't leap to mind as a foremost source of induced drag, but the effects can be significant.
Tom Aberle said he looked at Phantom daily for a couple of years trying to decide if it was ugly or beautiful, and while its combination of angles and curves is unique, its 12 championships make it beautiful in our eyes.

Biplane Gold

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Phantom dominates biplane pylon racing by harnessing traditional homebuilding talent.

Rear Cockpit

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Oil: why it gets hot.

Ask the DAR

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This month our DAR answers questions about the size and placement requirements for N numbers on Experimental aircraft.