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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 - June 19, 2015 0

Load distributions, part 1.

Stressing Structure

David Paule - May 6, 2015 0

Axial stresses and the stress strain diagram.

All-moving Tails

Barnaby Wainfan - May 6, 2015 1

All-moving tails.

Stressing Structure

David Paule - April 16, 2015 0

Cable-operated aileron control system.

Wind Tunnel

Barnaby Wainfan - April 16, 2015 0

Horizontal tail design.

Stressing Structure

David Paule - March 20, 2015 1

Algebra and the elevator control system.

Wind Tunnel

Barnaby Wainfan - March 20, 2015 0

Spring systems.

Stressing Structure: Margins of Safety

David Paule - February 19, 2015 1

Margins of Safety.

How Skin Condition Affects Aircraft Performance

Barnaby Wainfan - February 19, 2015 0

In the last few editions of Wind Tunnel, we looked at how changes to the surface of an airplane's skin can affect the aerodynamic...

Stressing Structure

David Paule - January 23, 2015 0

Z-Brackets and the free-body diagram.

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Vic Syracuse - August 22, 2022 0

In my “New Sojourn” column in the July 2022 issue, I told you I...