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If you design to use Grade 5 bolts, then yes. I think some people are confusing ERW tubing with electrical conduit. While conduit is a...

Buildandfly.shop is a Russian site that has stolen every single design on there except the ones that are public domain, and those are...

When I got my glider rating, my instructor gave me a package of one of them so I would have the manufacturer and part number of the...

Mike Arnold's AR-5 videos contain a good instructional example of hot wire cutting of a wing core. It's probably worth it to watch...

True about the electric propulsion being straightforward. But I disagree that running existing engines at the edge of their capability...

I think their approach matches the adage "Either design a new propulsion system, or an airframe, but not both if you ever want to...

The rights to the Davis plans were recently bought and are available again at: https://davisda2.com/

Paypal was never his company, his company was X.com which meged with Confinity, who, at the time had a service called Paypal. He was...

5+ consecutive years of their eminent demise being constantly predicted while the opposite continues to happen might have something to...

Up 750% in a year, up 250% the last 6 months, and up 16% this year so far, 12% up in the last week...not sure what you're getting at.

In the video, the second number underneath the call sign is the altitude in hundreds of feet. First call to Seattle center is at 12,900...

They have pressure sensors in the pitot and static. They have gyros to combine with this data to get the angle of attack. Just because...

The controller was one of the good ones really trying the help the pilot as well. If you ever hear a controller tell you the altimeter...

If you look at the website, you should notice that every unit has pitot and static ports. "Probeless" in this case, means there isn't a...

As I'm ~1400 hours into my build, my magic number is 1. 1 person, 1 foot off the ground. Once I get to the point where that's possible...