Tag: biplanes

Direct vs. geared drive-one of aviations great debates.

Building a double-flash LED strobe system.

This article covers what you should have learned in your high school shop class, but didn't, and more. It discusses safety glasses, proper treatment of chisels, gloves, jewelry, shop coats, hand tools, urban myths, safe shoes, hardware, biomechanics, capturing wayward chips, machinery placement in the shop, air-powered tools, cleanup, pneumatic cutting tools, and other common sense advice; by Bob Fritz.

Some aviation oil filters fall short of efficiency standards, but still protect engines—barely. Understand what yours really does.