Tag: homebuilt design
![[Credit: LeRoy Cook]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_4581.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "The Wild Traveler")
In Case You Missed It
The $30,000 RV-9A
Two builders helped each other build RV-9As, each employing significantly different outlays of cash. The results are impressive in both cases, but for different reasons. They help us ponder the question as we build: What is something worth? By Marc Cook.
Buzzwords
Ground effect, or changes in airflow when flying a wingspan distance above the ground, affects longitudinal stability, elevator effectiveness and possibly even your airspeed indicator. By Ed Kolano.
