Tag: airplane builder tips

Sometimes the intake pipes on Lycoming engines can come loose. This will cause an...

Flight testing for longitudinal stability problems continues this month as columnist Barnaby Wainfan details tests for stick force as related to trim and stick-free stability of an aircraft. The object is to gather data and analyze it to see if the hypotheses about the nature of the problem hold up under scrutiny.

Pilots, especially those in low-powered aircraft, must always know how much energy they have available to maintain flight.

Dean Sigler was on location at this year’s Green Flight Challenge in Santa Rosa, California, and he offers a report.