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Archive: January 1992
...Eagle.” Named for a hunting eagle that was both light and powerful, the Berkut was the brainchild of Dave Ronneberg, veteran builder of multiple Long-EZs. (He’s listed as building a...
January 2022
...#1 homebuilt aviation magazine. Written exclusively for enthusiasts like you, our editors pack each issue with need-to-know information on building, flying, designing and maintaining your own amateur-built category manned aircraft....
A Tale of Two Mustangs
...“We started building it together. He was also a teacher, and we got a lot of building done during a bad winter. On snow days, we’d build all day long....
Working With Experience
...the effort. You’re looking for someone who listens as much as talks, who knows the kind of airplane you’re building well and doesn’t believe that the people who designed it...
Get Grounded
...concept of grounding avionics (the two-wire concept of a power lead [positive] and negative lead) isn’t much different than grounding any other electrical device. In the world of building aircraft...
Prop Job
...just thought they looked cool.” As he gained more experience building propellers, he thought he’d try making one with more than two blades. In 2013 he attempted his first four-blade...
CubCrafters’ Jim Richmond Passes
The man who started with the simple idea of refurbishing Piper Cubs and turned that into the immensely successful company building all-new, better-than-the-original utility aircraft has passed. CubCrafters’ Jim Richmond...
Drills and Bits
...here was picked up at Boeing surplus and only fits a limited number of sizes. An air drill that turns 6000 rpm is very nice for building or making major...
Diary of a Panel Upgrade Part 1
...of the summer building a wiring harness and configuring everything on my workbench. For those of you wondering how this kind of process rolls out in more or less real...
Never Buy Meat From A Guy in a Parking Lot
...when plans-building dominated homebuilding. Kits still require most of the same skills used in plans-building (drilling, sanding, bending, deburring, fastening, priming, wiring, rigging, thinking, etc.). Plans-builders anticipate these tasks. Kitbuilders...
In Case You Missed It
Roll Camera!
Leave it to Dick Starks to get his foot in the door of a movie set by supplying WW-I replica aircraft. Once there, leave it to Dick to find trouble, even when hes not looking for it. No worries, though. Alls well that ends well, and the whole experience makes for a story thatll have you laughing out loud.
Design Process: Airfoils
Once the size and planform of the wing have been determined, it’s time to choose (or design) the airfoil.
