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...handy launch site, and creative inventors started building engines and propellers that pilots could carry during takeoff. The powered paragliding sport was born. The last (and ironic) step in the...
Letters
...of engine longevity. Other factors, including variables in the installation and your maintenance practices, will determine the real TBO.-Ed. Bent Metal Just been reading your story on “Building on a...
Prefab Choices
As the Experimental/Amateur-Built sector continues to mature and evolve, more homebuilts are sold into the used aircraft market. That makes sense. In the early days, building on your own was...
Flight Review: Mustang II
...the stiffeners their curved shape. While he was building the plane, Caskey continued to bum rides with everybody at the airpark, and restarted lessons in a Tomahawk. Then he flew...
Time to Vent
...Part 23 (Reference 4) does not specifically apply to homebuilt aircraft, the requirements make sense and should be used for guidance. If you are building a kit, review the designer’s...
Flight Review: Back to the Future
...they may have become less common is simply that Burt Rutan stopped selling plans for the VariEze in 1984, though he continued to provide support for those who were building....
Bob Talir’s Flightstar II SC
My kit arrived on 2/9/09. After taking inventory, I began building and completed the plane in 480 hours over a 14 month period. First flight was on 7/17/10 at Troy...
LSA Road Show Continues in Colorado
Building on the success of the previous tours in Florida and Georgia, seven Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) manufacturers and distributors are continuing their flying roadshow in Colorado. Timed to coincide...
Letters
...have looked around on the Web and found only one case of someone buying a box of engine parts and building from scratch (search for "Building an Engine from Scratch"...
Down to Earth
...Thatcher built it alone. He had a tech counselor from his local EAA chapter make sure that the building techniques, materials and quality were up to spec. The concept behind...
In Case You Missed It
Billet or Weldment With Off-Axis Turning?
People tend to design around their particular expertise. A machinist will design based on...
Design Process: Ailerons
Last month we looked at roll control schemes for airplanes where high lift or...