Tag: metal

Involved in the flight testing of a friends aircraft, Barnaby Wainfan contemplates the consequences (and wisdom) of designing an aircraft around an engine that may prove unsatisfactory or, worse, unavailable.

A long time ago, when homebuilders began installing Garmin 430s—the most popular IFR GPS/nav/com...

Deciding to use a fixed-pitch propeller or step up to the higher weight, cost, and complexity of a constant-speed prop in order to improve performance.

 Perils of PIOI must take exception to the statement, "The BD-5 suffered from a...