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Building a RotorWay 162F, Part 4
Part 4 of 8: Installing Controls by Jeff Dunham At this point in our building process–with a fully assembled and painted airframe, a temporarily installed main shaft, and the body...
Building a RotorWay 162F, Part 2
KITPLANES Magazine, April 1997Building a RotorWay 162FPart 2 of 8: Unpackingby Jeff Dunham Last issue we looked at RotorWay International and its history, and we studied the actual 162F helicopter...
Building a RotorWay 162F, Part 1
KITPLANES Magazine, March 1997Building a Rotorway 162FPart 1 of 8: How I got into this.by Jeff Dunham It was the spring of 1986, just a few months before I...
Building a RotorWay 162F, Part 3
KITPLANES Magazine, May 1997Building a RotorWay 162FPart 3 of 8: Preparing the helicopter’s body.by Jeff DunhamBefore we get to more building, I want to say thanks to all who have...
Composite Floats, Part 1
...shape. The floats on Usher’s airplane culminated from 100 hours of work building the vacuum molds and another 30 hours building the floats. Why Vacuum Bagging? Being able to precisely...
Turbo Power, Part 1
...building, and one of our mutual friends told him that I was an engine guy. We spent a couple of days walking the flight line and looking at and talking...
Let’s go on Safari
...only amateur-built helicopters permitted to fly over Canada. Incidentally, Transport rated the kit as 41% complete. On that note, an amazing number of refinements in the package allow the building...
Turbo Power, Part 3
...glider towpilot, and he is currently building a Europa. He works as a turbocharging consultant and software application specialist for computer-controlled management systems. (Tom Wyatt died as the result of...
Turbo Power, Part 2
...He is a glider flight instructor, glider towpilot, and he is currently building a Europa. He works as a turbocharging consultant and software application specialist for computer-controlled management systems. (Tom...
Fuel Cells, Part 3
...and explains the performance benefits and power available from a high-efficiency electric drive system. Project Objectives This project focuses on designing, building and testing a safe, practical two-place general aviation...
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Capturing Air-to-Air Shots
Marc Cook reflects on the years of on-the-job lessons he learned while formation flying and shooting air-to-air photography.
Practical Electrical
Battery facts and fables: lithium lead-acid equivalency. By Robert L. Nuckolls, III.
Aero ‘lectrics
Using LEDs for lighting an aircraft has much to commend it. Low draw, reasonable cost, long life, good visibility. This month, Jim Weir takes us through the beginning steps of building these lighting systems yourself, using off-the-shelf parts and a little ingenuity.