Internal Power Milestone—EarthX Battery for the F1 Rocket Project
The F1 Rocket project hits a major milestone—electrical and avionics systems now run independently on EarthX batteries.
Switch Wrench
It can be a royal pain to get any sort of a wrench onto the rear nut of a toggle switch.
The Process
To the uninitiated, it looks like it’ll be done soon, doesn’t it? But “The Process” still has a long way to go.
Building a Backbone
Building the “spinal cord” from panel to tail is far easier (even when you use conduit) before the floors are nailed down, so think about it early.
Trimming a Tube Square
We’ve been fitting the canopy frame to the F1 Rocket project this week, and one of the tasks (after getting all the hoops properly...
Reverse Engineering Heated Seats
How to they make it “high” and “low” with just a single SPDT switch and SPST relay?
Hand to Hand with a Bending Board
You’d think that with a quick-build fuselage, the factory could have made a frame that matched.
In Case You Missed It
The Dawn Patrol
Dick Starks and The Dawn Patrol saddle, er, trailer up and head to the Salute to Veterans Air Show in Columbia, Missouri. Who else could lend his crimping pliers to a couple of sailors to fix an F-18s wiring problem?
Design Process: Airfoils
Once the size and planform of the wing have been determined, it’s time to choose (or design) the airfoil.
Anatomy of a Modification
Paul Dye takes readers through a rework of his RV-3's fuel system to illustrate why some mods are a sound choice.