The most difficult compromises live in the middle of the performance envelope, while the easiest decisions are found at each end of the spectrum. This VW installation emphasizes economy over performance, so a prop gearbox would be an obvious complication.

Compromises

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Never one to revel in the practical, recently I found myself expounding to a colleague on why the general aviation world moves at 2700 rpm.

Air Racing: A Report

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With the announcement of Roswell, New Mexico, as the new home of the National Air Races, it seems a good time to give an update on the go-fast crowd.

Checklists: Live By Them

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There isn’t a pilot alive who doesn’t know what a checklist is. There are, however, pilots no longer with us who failed to use one.

Eclipsing

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One of the big motivators to amateur aircraft builders is simply dreaming about the adventures that their personal aircraft will allow them to accomplish.

Four Decades Old, Look At Us Now

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Publisher Dennis Shattuck took a flier on a growing segment of aviation back when magazines littered newsstands across the country and well before we...

Kitfox Celebrates Forty, Too

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To say that Kitfox has been successful since then is an understatement.

Becoming a DAR

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A designee is a private individual with the experience and skills necessary to do the work mandated for the FAA.

In Case You Missed It

Practical Electrical

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Battery facts and fables—Lithium considerations. By Robert L. Nuckolls, III.

HP-24

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Soaring on homebuilt wings.

Unairworthy: Missing Safety Wire

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Some bolts have drilled heads for a reason: They are supposed to be safety...

Checkpoints

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