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Badlands Ultralight Grows a Nose Wheel
...460cc 39hp Thump-Air engine, married to its sturdy chrome molly airframe. This year, Badland unveils two major developments, a nose wheel and carbon fiber ribs. The Badland nose wheel design...
Aircraft Specialty Flightlines Brings Three New Smart Components to AirVenture
...and easier to use components for experimental amateur aircraft builders for years. This year, they brought three new innovations to the show. Braided pressure hoses have been an essential part...
Yup – Another Mustang
In my continued quest for the ultimate P-51 homebuilt explication, I came across the latest incarnation of a kit that I remember as exquisitely designed from decades ago – the...
Risk Tolerance
...about aircraft and that has influenced my thinking when building. One of the lessons I learned early was that backup systems should not be of the same design or manufacturer....
Honey I Shrunk The Schweizer 300!
Countless numbers of helicopter students (including Vietnam-bound Huey pilots) earned their rotorcraft ratings in the legendary Hughes 300, later denominated the Schweizer 300 after the design was sold to the...
AoA Day
...on instructors who can spread the word and techniques about how to fly AoA using the native capability of most experimental EFISes, we ran dozens of CFIs through a pair...
Checklists: Live By Them
...Time readers pay for my 1300-word budget.) The Experimental/Amateur-Built Aircraft Checklist Pilots of Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft are often new to the aircraft (flight schools and flying clubs with E/A-B aircraft are...
ScaleBirds P-36: Scale Size, Full Size Fun
...applied to every homebuilt design produced. But paint only gets you so far. ScaleBirds P-36 can get you all the way…or as far as legally allowed. The guns, of course,...
Van’s Aircraft Update: We Let You Down, We’ll Do Better
...enterprise tools that should allow it to design, manufacture and communicate more effectively and efficiently. In addition to changes at the top, the company has undergone a reorganization. Ell noted...
Legacy BD-4C Design Sold To SureWings
...kits (now designated the BD-4C). The Bede family, which runs a successful construction business, decided to sell the BD-4C design. A BD-4C builder and fan, Attila Gahbro has stepped in...
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Tapping Heads
The tapping head has a lot to commend it for the home machinist who is trying to add efficiency and consistency to tapping tasks.
