Tag: sling

It doesn’t seem that long ago, but maybe it was, that the essence of a sport airplane was a biplane.

Having worked with a variety of products from various manufacturers, author Stein Bruch has a lot of wisdom on the ins and outs of electronic flight instrument systems (EFISes) for homebuilts. He dispenses those smarts here, and offers tips on what to consider when making this important avionics decision, including such items as compatibility, reliability, value and ease of installation.

SLSA max empty weight, sailplane condition inspections, licensing a RANS S-7LS as an ELSA.

Somewhere during every aircraft project, a builder faces a quiet moment of truth. It...