Water Cooled Aircraft Engines – From Air To Water
Engine Cooling Options ARTICLE DATE: December 1979 An update on Rotor Way’s RW-100 engine for homebuilts Homebuilders are an innovative group, but they can’t build…
Reference
Aviation Weather – Reading The Sky
Reading The Weather Up There Clouds are messages that tell pilots what’s going on with the weather. As Philip Smart explains, the safe conduct of…
How To Master Gas Welding Aluminum
Secrets Of Gas Welding Aluminum Oshkosh Workshop Aluminum Welds Workshop tips from a master on fusing lightweight aircraft metals with gas and hydrogen. The decades-old…
The Electronic Umbrella – Aviation Electronics
Helicopter Electronics Progress ARTICLE DATE: June 1992 EDITOR: How far have we come since 1992? Below was the situation then – in some respects, not…
Getting your Helicopter PPL
Helicopter Private Pilot License How easy is it to become a helicopter pilot? What do you need to know to be able to fly a…
Siemens Extra 330LE Electric Powered Plane
Aerokopter AK-1 Kit Built Helicopter Image Gallery German tech company Siemens has commenced test flights on their revolutionary electric powered plane – the Extra 330LE…
IFR: The Name Of The Game Is WORK!
IFR Aircraft Navigation This “Old Pro” Argues That Flying The Gauges Is Not Play, And Offers Some Useful Labor-Saving Techniques WHAT do you think about…
Homebuilt Helicopters & Pilot Licences
Build & Fly You Own Kit Helicopter Readers ask… I’m thinking of buying a kit and building one of those new lightweight homebuilt helicopters, now…
Zoche Diesel Aircraft Engine Design
Aircraft Diesel Piston Engine Options The Zoche Diesel: Like the little red train in the children’s story that makes it to the mountain top first…
Carby Icing In Piston Engines
Dealing With Carby Icing In Engines With the onset of winter comes the onset of increased carby icing incidents. First of all I must explain…