Good Vibrations, Bad Vibrations

Mating a prop to an engine requires more than a big wrench and some safety wire. Follow along on a real propeller vibration test.

Build Your Skills: Metal, Part 2

How to meld with metal and bash rivets without blood or tears; by Dan Checkoway.

Calculating Weight and Balance

Tackling weight-and-balance calculations is a task we have all faced with some trepidation, but it is so vital, so important, so fundamental to flight...

Build Your Skills: Metal, Part 1

An RV builder begins our journey through the gritty details of working with metal.

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Gone Pro

In the last three years I’ve been rewarded by the older of my sons...

Completions

Builders share their successes.

Turbine Temptation: Building the Airframe

Rule number one for building the SubSonex: Build from the inside out. Rule number...

Letters

 Paid InstructionI enjoyed Dave Martin's "Understanding Experimental Light Sport Aircraft" article , but I...