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Friday Afternoon at the Electric Aircraft Symposium: Part Two of a Three-part Report
...of an airfoil, or jets of air to stabilize airflow and tailor lift to the actual flow over a wing or wind turbine. This kind of smoothing will be of...
Maintenance Matters
...parts, dry them off with compressed air by blowing parallel to the rollers only. Resist the temptation to spin the bearing with compressed air. Spinning the bearing when it is...
How the Pros Do It: Ripley Air
...a way of arriving at his door…little things like installing a 570ci stroker V-8 in a Stewart Mustang, or a turbine on a Lockheed AL-60. On the day of my...
Heat Shields Up!
...better” temptation. This is pretty substantial stuff. It is quite heavy at 9.5 ounces per square foot, versus less than 1 ounce per square foot for either 1/16-inch Fiberfrax or...
Practical Electrical
...isn’t much different. While getting a turbine engine started might start out at 1000 amps and taper to 300 amps over a period of 15–20 seconds, this huge demand of...
Editor’s Log
...the planet. This month, for example, we present the first of two parts of our annual look at engines. First off, we’ll apologize for excluding rockets and turbine powerplants. We...
Flying Both Sides
...in chief of EAA publications. As a freelancer he’s written for Air & Space Smithsonian, Overhaul & Maintenance, Aviation for Women, Twin & Turbine and a number of non-aviation titles....
Electrical System Design
...about your future electrical system than you ever learned in the past from flying a certificated aircraft. When designing your electrical system, there is a temptation to copy or do...
Metal Magic
...techniques include a star pattern for round pieces, and the staggered stop technique for larger panels. Resist the temptation to tackle extremely complex shapes at first. This will be a...
Maintenance Matters
...really hard to keep it off. Disappointed or not, you should resist the temptation to simply bump up the gross weight to make up the difference. Dick VanGrunsven, for one,...