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The Staaken Z-21A Flitzer
...spars and built-up ribs forming the USA 35B wing sections, squared off with laminated wood wingtip bows. All ribs are identical for ease of building, though the lower wing’s structure...
Completions
...Simpson’s Aeros Sky Ranger N590SR first flew on March 3, 2007, from Williamson-Sodus Airport after 300 hours of building. The Sky Ranger is a 631-pound (empty) fabric-covered aircraft. I chose...
Contributors
RON ALEXANDER Ron Alexander has been part of the homebuilding scene for decades. He began restoring aircraft in the 1970s but was frustrated by the support structure-or the lack of...
Friday at the Golden West Fly In
...solid state. If you’re at that stage of building where the fear of wires is looming large, surf on over to Vertical Power to take a close look. Also of...
Bob’s Jabiru: Building a Solid-State Circuit Breaker
With instrument panels now being populated by flat screens, digital readouts and all manner of 21st century silicon wizardry, it seems odd to rely on 60-year-old technology to protect them...
Bob's Jabiru: Building a Solid-State Circuit Breaker Panel
With instrument panels now being populated by flat screens, digital readouts and all manner of 21st century silicon wizardry, it seems odd to rely on 60-year-old technology to protect them...
Amy's RV-10: High Flight
...air. It might not be you at the controls on the very first flight (you want someone qualified, and you may have spent more time building than flying in the...
Homebuilt Airplanes—A Brief History
...that homebuilding was not an appropriate activity. The gathering storms of war may have influenced that decision. But by 1947, Congress officially approved the licensing of homebuilt aircraft, subject to...
Completions
...think that I formed most of the pieces, then assembled them according to the plans. That is a great experience. Building an airplane is a personal and often lonely project,...
The Scratch-Building Alternative
...scratch-building just to get into the air cheaply. The haste to fly may lead to rushing the building process, encouraging substandard work. Scratch-building, he insists, is for people who really...
In Case You Missed It
Traveling Machine
If you made clever design decisions when building your plane, did you make sure it can still be maintained away from home without special tools?
Design Process: Flap Types
Last month we took a look at the trade-offs the designer should consider when...