Wind Tunnel
Learn how wingtip vortices are generated and how wake turbulence can affect your aircraft.
Cooling Outlet Design
The design must focus on sufficiently cooling the engine while minimizing drag.
Wind Tunnel
While two-control airplanes were designed to make a pilot’s life simpler, they come with significant compromises.
Design Process: Landing Gear
It’s time to turn our attention to a major component of the airplane—the landing gear.
Design Process: Droops and VGs
In general, there are two ways to increase the maximum lift of a wing. The first, as we have been discussing the past couple...
Design Process: Landing Gear, Part 2
As we started to discuss last month, the landing gear is a major component of the airplane that affects the design in significant ways....
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What’s New
Lancair is under new ownership, Dynon updates its SkyView software, design rights for the Murphy Renegade are for sale, and you can treat your pet to in-flight oxygen with Aeroxs system. Edited by Mary Bernard.