Tag: build-series-hummingbird

Builders share their successes.

When it comes to fuel-tank vents, there is a wide variety of choices. We look at the basic types and consider their relative merits.

Doug Rozendaal brings his considerable experience to a discussion of flight handling characteristics and his favorite aircraft. Among the factors designers consider are stability, control response, feel, personal preferences, FAA requirements, stick force, center of gravity, center of pressure, and the flight envelope. Every design is a compromise.

Putting it on the hangar roof and wiring it to the airplane, that is....