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Build, Test, Refine and Fix—Part 4: Stall Characteristics

Barnaby Wainfan - April 26, 2025

Taildragger aircraft at the point of transition from taxiing to flight.

Build, Test, Refine and Fix—Part 3: High-Speed Taxi Testing

Build, Test, Refine and Fix—Part 2: Taxi Testing

Build, Test, Refine and Fix—Part 1: Ground Tests

Iterate, Modify and Fix

Stressing Structure

David Paule - November 20, 2015 0

Buckling of Panels.

Wind Tunnel

Barnaby Wainfan - November 20, 2015 0

Last month we took a look at using hinge-line offset to aerodynamically balance control surfaces. Offset hinge balances are effective, but they were not...

Stressing Structure Series Reference Library

David Paule - October 15, 2015 0

The engineering publications referenced in the KITPLANES series "Stressing Structures" by David Paule.

Stressing Structure

David Paule - October 15, 2015 0

Tubes, struts, and column buckling.

Wind Tunnel: Offset hinge lines

Barnaby Wainfan - October 15, 2015 0

Offset hinge lines.

Stressing Structure

David Paule - September 18, 2015 0

Bending.

Wind Tunnel

Barnaby Wainfan - September 18, 2015 0

Stiffness.

Wind Tunnel

Barnaby Wainfan - August 18, 2015 0

Beefing it up.

Stressing Structure

David Paule - July 16, 2015 0

Load distributions, part 2.

Wind Tunnel

Barnaby Wainfan - July 16, 2015 0

Getting it wrong.

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