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Common In-Flight Failures, Part 1
...controllable, although it was quite windy in the cockpit! Propeller/Engine Overspeed During initial flight testing, until the propeller governor and low-pitch blade stops are correctly set, it is possible to...
Second Chance Six
...scuffed them up with Scotch-Brite and spray-painted them white. Zach came by to help work on the baffling and fasten it to the engine. Once fastened, we could properly fit...
Ten For Ten: A Decade With an RV-10
...are still flying without eventually converting to Lycoming. I have been very happy with my Barrett engine. If/when my engine time is up, before my personal stick time is up,...
Best Practices Make Perfect
...failure. (Insert suspenseful music here.) Carefully Chosen Words About Pushrods Pushrods (and control cables) connect the moving parts of flight and engine control systems. They often bridge long distances and...
Where Are the Instructions?
...is easy to overlook that the kit manufacturer you have chosen does not make the engine you need to install. But because an engine is required for flying, they can...
RAFE Celebrates Ten Rutan Designs
...available engines and relatively low-cost materials, Rutan brought an egalitarian air to his unusual-looking airplanes. Even today, four decades after what was arguably the canard heyday, various manifestations present themselves...
The Final Steps
...tubing used and the way things are routed—especially the final line that crosses the engine mount/engine interface. You need slack anywhere that there is relative motion. Once I know that...
Zenith Aircraft’s Annual “Homecoming” Open Hangar Days & Fly-In
...activities, as well as a Zenith banquet dinner on Friday evening. This year we’ll be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the low-wing Zenith CH600 series designs by aeronautical engineer Chris Heintz, and...
Kitfox Celebrates Forty, Too
...engine up front. Speaking of which, I asked all the about-to-be builders what they’d planned to choose for an engine. Unanimously, it was the 916. Moreover, since Rotax is now...
The Snazzier 10
...already been made to leave the engineering prototype RV-15 at home, so the task of refurbishing one of the factory RV-10s came to the top of the list. The project...
In Case You Missed It
Countersinking for a Flush Fastener Fit
In last month’s column, we talked about the procedures needed for installing flush rivets...
