Fleeting Thoughts

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When we talk about Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft with “regular” pilots, it’s common for the conversation to imply that our world is a mere tiny speck...

A Guide to Guides

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While it never feels good to be stuck in the ribs, when you deserve it, it hurts even worse. That was our feeling when...

Help! You Need Somebody

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This topic came to me in a dream, probably triggered by a New Year’s Eve chili-and-pumpkin pie-eating binge. Still, it’s rooted in reality, and...

Let’s Get Dirty

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Some—perhaps even many—pilots of Experimental aircraft never operate their artfully homebuilt aircraft on any runway surface not considered “improved,” meaning asphalt or concrete. That’s...

Building Trust—Reliability vs. Redundancy

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It is hard to fly without a little trust. Call it faith if you will, but we fundamentally can’t leave the ground without some...

Droning About the Future

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Elsewhere in this issue, we’ve taken a few pages to consider the future of homebuilding, a composite sketch of sorts based on interviews and...

Electric Flight From Behind the Wheel

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It’s safe to assume few of us have flown via electric power at this point, while some of us have no doubt taken a spin in an electric car.

Check Ride Chalk Talk

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I think it is safe to assume that the vast majority of our readers have taken a check ride “practical test” at least once...

Know (You May Be) the Limit

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I was in a bad place. I knew the flight might not end well before I took off from the taxiway of an Air...
ForeFlight vs. Garmin Pilot

Excited About EFBs

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Recently, I came across photos of my work in the 1990s, when I was with AOPA Pilot and often moving airplanes from coast to...

In Case You Missed it

Design Process: Wing Design

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At this point in the design process, we have gotten the airplane sized, balanced,...

It Pays To Heed Convention

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Barnaby Wainfan looks at unconventional flight-control configurations in the cockpit and why they can throw even a seasoned pilot.

Hiperbipe

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The Swiss Army knife of airplanes.

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 7

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Mounting pressures, seating flexibility.