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SubSonex
...simple planform, JSX-2 is identical to JSX-1 except for the wider cockpit, which has made for an extremely comfortable cabin for most every sized individual. Our design team learned a...
All-moving Tails
...conventional surface with the same planform. It’s important to be aware that an improperly designed all-moving tail surface with the hinge line too far forward can have so much floating...
Wind Tunnel
...planform, aspect ratio, and airfoil must be chosen so that the tail stalls at a higher airplane angle of attack than the wing. Although the design of a horizontal tail...
Orso dItalia
...build, practical to maintain and flyable with no nasty habits will put the basic strutted high-wing planform on the short list. Whether it’s a tandem or side-by-side may be a...
Fifties Fuse, Teeny Wings
...more easily analyzed. Iscold then looked at the planform of the wing and lift distribution during the race—in essence, how CLwould vary spanwise over the wing. Elliptical planforms are ideal...
The Spin Doctor
...of the prop.” Back to the blanks: These maple cores are then rough oversize cut to planform shape on a large bandsaw, followed by another oversize cut on the backside...
HP-24
...a glider to fly a particular profile. What is more important are the planform, convenience, and features like autoconnects—and these are covered well by the HP-24.” Christner has a particular...
Wind Tunnel
...friend asked me to design a wing for a single-seat homebuilt he had under construction. I did so, specifying planform, twist, and recommending an airfoil which gave a good combination...
Quickie Adoption
...filled a few years later by a startup called Viking Aircraft; they produced a scaled-up version of the Quickie planform called the Dragonfly. The Dragonfly won the Outstanding New Design...
Bearhawk LSA
...the same wing (airfoil, planform, and size) as the Super Cub, and the design goals were similar to those of the Cub variants, as well as the Bearhawk LSA. In...
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Various and Sundry
Awash with ideas and follow-up chores, the writing workbench is looking about as disheveled...
The Independence Project: Avionics
It’s time to install the shiny, expensive boxes in the RV-12. Yes, the avionics package goes in… and it’s not as difficult as it used to be. By Dave Martin.
Engine Mounts
Many factors go into designing and building good engine mounts, including consideration of the engines thrust line and gyroscopic precession effects. They deserve our respect.
Leaking Gascolator
This was a very dangerous discovery—the gascolator had a very pronounced dripping leak,...