Unusual Attitude

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On his way home from an unexceptional summer jaunt, author Bill Repucci got a most exceptional call from the tower.

Safety Is No Accident: Van’s RV series

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It’s been a couple of years since we looked at how homebuilts generally fared in the accident statistics vis-à-vis certified aircraft. This time around we’ll look at the safety records of specific homebuilt designs, starting with the Van’s RV.

Learning Complex Systems Means Knowing How They Work

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The importance of understanding your aircrafts avionics systems in terms of form, function and troubleshooting.

Vacuum-Bagging for Homebuilders

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This month well go through the step-by-step vacuum-bagging process for an aileron trimtab part to see how to deal with extreme contours.

Completions

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Builders share their successes.

AeroLectrics

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Why we need regulated voltage in our aircraft and how zener diodes, resistors, transistors and semiconductors help us get there.

Wind Tunnel

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When the airflow separates from a surface, the result can be unsteady forces or turbulent wake shedding, neither of which is desirable.

Kerosene Dreams

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Designer John Monnett has been waiting more than three decades for his SubSonex very short-winged glider to take off, and now it just might.

More Than You Bargained For

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It doesn't take a fortune to get a homebuilt aircraft completed and flying, and we look at a few designs that prove the point. By Marc Cook and Mary Bernard.

Fly By Night

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Equipping your homebuilt aircraft for night flight has become both more complicated and more flexible thanks to a wide variety of LED lighting solutions. By Mary Bernard.

In Case You Missed It

Fix These Broken Wings!

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Repairing damaged sheet metal. By Katie Bosman.

Editor’s Log

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Mary Bernard explores the background of Jeff Ackland and his new Radial Rocket RG, this issues cover story.

Stressing Structure: Margins of Safety

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Margins of Safety.

Completions

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Builders share their successes.