Tag: build-series-bearhawk-lsa

Critical flutter airspeed.

Fabric has been used to cover a wide variety of aircraft since the Wright brothers first started tinkering with flying machines. But fabric-covering processes have changed a lot in the last century, becoming more systematic in addition to being more reliable. Part 1 of this new series by Ron Alexander details the evolution of fabric covering and discusses some of the basics of getting started.

Rich Seifert next to his Shopsmith Mark V combo machine. Factory wheels make...

While I see lots of recurring maintenance problems every day, tough ones that require...