Tag: LSA performance

Columnist Dan Checkoway appreciates the flexibility of owning a homebuilt rather than a certified aircraft. On a recent condition inspection of his RV-7, he detected small cracks in the front spar of the horizontal stabilizer. A week later he was working on replacing it, without any intervention from the FAA.

In the classic J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy Lord of the Rings, a small band of...

Steve Ells examines the RSA-type fuel-injection system, shows you how to set the idle speed and idle mixture, and how to clean the nozzles and screens.

Flying the SuperSTOL Stretch XL with a 180-hp ULPower engine.