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Building the Affordaplane, Part 4
Engine mount designed with off-the-shelf components and no welding. With this, our last chapter of the Affordaplane build, I will describe how an engine mount was created to complete the...
Manufacturing Considerations
...an airplane designer is to generate a design for an airplane that flies successfully and executes the user’s mission. The manufacturer must be able to build the airplane and sell...
Dynon Update from AirVenture 2024
...for experimental aircraft and on the next version of Advanced Flight Systems AF 5000 6000 series. Also new from Dynon is the updated Comm Radio Control Panel and the D30...
OSH Live Interview with Rotax’s Marc Becker
...of Rotax’s aviation division about what’s new with the company, development of the new 916 iS and a host of other topics relating to the Experimental and Light Sport categories....
Keep the Greasy Side Clean
...the Fisher FP-404 I owned a few years back. That design was inspired by an older Tony Bingelis design but constructed differently. It worked quite well, so I took the...
Dragonfly Rancher Gets New Life in Florida
...almost a cult following, with many pilots taking advantage of its beefy construction to perform impressive aerobatics on YouTube. It is designed to take +6 to -2 Gs. Massive flaperons,...
The Mule Pitts
...Reserve Grand Champion and, a year later, Grand Champion at AirVenture. His Rihn DR-107 One Design, built during the 1990s, won AirVenture Grand Champion in 2000. It is not surprising...
Not Bent, We Checked
...design from Craig Catto – one with a pretty interesting kink in the end of the blades. Reports from Sling are that this prop is measurably quieter, but we didn’t...
Crafting Cubs (With a Lot of Help)
Building an airplane takes time, we all know that. It also requires some skill, certain tools and abundant patience. Truth is, not all who want an Experimental/Amateur-Built airplane, with the...
Off The Scale!
...by Jim O’Hara and his wife Mitzy. It’s an apex experimental, one of those over the top builds defying all norms of dedication and craftiness and it’s available for close...
In Case You Missed It
Floating Nut Plates
The floating nut plate. It sounds like it should come with an allergy warning,...
What’s the Deal With AN Hardware?
As a new kit builder, you may have wondered about that gold-colored AN hardware...