In Case You Missed It
Nuts and Bolts
Aircraft quality nuts, bolts, washers and other hardware are the right things to use if they hold the things together that keep you in the air.
RANS S-19
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.
Around the Patch
Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook discusses the potential impact of changes to the FAAs 51% rule, which are the result of increasingly complex aircraft being constructed with the aid of builder-assistance programs.
Second Chance Six
Part 11: Starting to wire my Advanced Flight Systems panel, installing a new fuel selector and more!