Tag: fly-in

A typical day in the shop for me would be unusual if I didn’t use a magnifier at least once.

When new aircraft from two very different designers, in this case Randy Schlitter and Richard VanGrunsven, surface with considerable similarities, consensus about basic design tenets must be blowing in the wind. Certainly Light Sport regs do constrain performance considerations, but human factors are more up for grabs, and that’s where one or another design can truly shine; by Marc Cook.

Lessons learned from crashing an RV-10.

Do not use the engine compartment as a source of fresh air or heat,...