Magazine

An RV-10 does heavy labor alongside certified muscle for a good cause.

Columnist Barnaby Wainfan discusses the factors that affect the longitudinal stability of an aircraft during a variety of maneuvers. Designers make compromises to keep stick forces down so that a pilot can control an airplane, but sometimes they go too far, and light control forces can result in problems that are just as serious as those posed by forces that are too heavy. Whats a designer to do? The most important considerations are presented.

Repeat offender Dave Prizio goes for his third strike, ultimately deciding to build an Texas Sport Cub.

Conventional engines—purpose-built for flight.