Tag: flight-review

Designer John Monnett has been waiting more than three decades for his SubSonex very short-winged glider to take off, and now it just might.

In typical fashion, Vans Aircraft refused to rest on its laurels after the RV-12s prototype debut last year, and sought to improve on an already good design. The new production airplane has changed (beyond its color), with a castering nosewheel, toe brakes instead of a grip, reshaped control sticks for better clearance, ground-adjustable seats fore and aft as well as in tilt, and the list goes on. Best of all, this day/VFR machine is still a delight to fly; by Ed Kolano.

Fuel tanks are done! Now what?

 Keen on KeensertsI just read Steve Ells’ article on threaded inserts . Good info....