Tag: flying

Flight testing for longitudinal stability problems continues this month as columnist Barnaby Wainfan details tests for stick force as related to trim and stick-free stability of an aircraft. The object is to gather data and analyze it to see if the hypotheses about the nature of the problem hold up under scrutiny.

Welding the fuselage.

And now for an autopilot thats completely different.

After seeing Paul Dye’s thorough review of the Whirl Wind propeller on his RV-8,...