Tag: kit building

I may be guilty of sitting on this story too long. In 2003, on...

Tailwheels and their associated linkage should be carefully preflighted. Here’s a partially broken tailwheel...

Columnist Barnaby Wainfan discusses the factors that affect the longitudinal stability of an aircraft during a variety of maneuvers. Designers make compromises to keep stick forces down so that a pilot can control an airplane, but sometimes they go too far, and light control forces can result in problems that are just as serious as those posed by forces that are too heavy. Whats a designer to do? The most important considerations are presented.

Builders are often in a rush to prove the airworthiness of their homebuilt projects, but thorough flight-testing is essential.