Rotorcraft Of The 1980’s
Vertical landings and takeoffs still lure homebuilders to the field Experimental helicopters, gyroplanes, vertical takeoff machines and other rotorcraft have been going on nearly as…
February 2018
Curtiss-Wright And NASA Rotary Engine Club
With the possible extinction of avgas, NASA’s finger points to the rotary engine as the powerplant of the future. Based on this info, you should…
Aluminum Welding Techniques And Repairs
A step-by-step intro to gas welding of aluminum continues, plus basic tips on repair. [FreshProduct productGroup=”dhc2000pro_1519450789″ showimage=”yes” showprice=”yes” showtitle=”yes” align=”right” buttonclass=”” buttontext=”Buy Now” newwindow=”_self”] Last…
Aircraft Wankel Power Rotary Engines
WANKEL POWER Exciting news for homebuilders! Your dream-come-true engine is on the drawing board and in test stages. Read on for more info on applications…
Learning To Fly The Bensen Gyrocopter
We learn to fly the Bensen Gyrocopter — tremendously popular, stable and smooth with positive control feel, and certainly one of the seven wonders of…
Converting The Subaru EA81 Engine For Aircraft
A Subaru for a Karatoo After flying his J-6 Karatoo for more than 41 hours powered by a two-stroke Rotax 582 engine, Don Hansen decided…
Gyroplanes For Ultralight And Sport Pilots
An introductory look at these uncommon machines ARTICLE DATE: December 2004 COURTESY: EAA Sport Pilot Magazine As an ultralight pilot I fly an uncommon machine,…
Planning for the worst – Whats your emergency plan
For most pilots the odds are good that survival is the last thing on their mind when they’re preflighting their aircraft for a cross-country flight….
Barnett J4B Gyroplane
Easy-To-Build Single Seat Gyrocopter ARTICLE DATE: October 1979 JERRIE BARNETT, an Olivehurst, California, machinist and self-taught gyro-pilot, has come up with a fine little single-place…
The Glanville GA-2C Skymaster Gyroplane
A Variation Of The Hollmann HA-2M Sportster ARTICLE DATE: October 1979 BACK IN 1976, C.A. (Kemp) Glanville, president of EAA Chapter 112 in St Thomas,…