Tag: STOL aircraft

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 thats where one or another design can truly shine; by Marc Cook.

3D printing.

As autopilots become more and more commonplace, their utility only gets better. Stein Bruch offers an overview of the latest trends.

When it comes to fuel-tank vents, there is a wide variety of choices. We look at the basic types and consider their relative merits.