Sportplane Builder, by Tony Bingelis

Sportplane Builder

by Tony Bingelis

Publisher:
ISBN:
094000030X
Published Date:
1992
Pages:
333
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An EAA classic in every homebuilder's library

Sportplane Builder is Tony's first book on airframe construction topics. It contains many helpful, although more generalized hints and tips for the builder including the setting up of a workshop, basic construction practices and standards, and is then followed up by a few more specific topics such as routing control systems, working with composites, electrical basics, etc. Like Firewall Forward, this book is also most relevent for self designers and first time builders of plan-built and simpler aircraft

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION TO HOMEBUILTS
What Airplane Shall I Build
Obtaining Parts and Materials
You and the FAA
The EAA and the EAA Technical Counselor

YOUR WORKSHOP
Cut the Clutter
Shop Notes
How to Use Taps and Dies
A Bit about Bits
Aircraft Welding
Heat Treating Metals

CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES
To Nail or Not to Nail
Wood Wing Ribs
Metal Wing Ribs
Fairing Fuselages
Wing Alignment
Think Light, Build Light
Metal Fairings
Tips on Glue

CONTROL SYSTEMS
Fabricating Control Cables
Routing Control Cables
Trim Tab Installations
What to do About Adverse Yaw
Spoilers for Glidepath Control
Spoilers for Roll Control

FIBERGLASS TIPS
Getting Acquainted with Fiberglass
Fiberglass Your Bird
Fiberglass Fairings

COCKPITS AND CABINS
Cockpit Mock-up and How to Use It
The Shoulder Harness
Sitting Pretty
Cabin and Cockpit Heat
Cockpit Compartment Ventilation

CANOPIES/WINDSHIELDS
Working with Acrylics
Fitting and Installing Canopies
Canopy Access Details
Canopy Latches

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
Aircraft Electrical Circuitry
Electrical System Details
The Battery...What to Do About It
Battery Box Construction
To Fly at Night

INSTRUMENTATION
VFR Instrumentation
From Pitot to Panel

LANDING GEAR
Controlling Alignment
Bungee and Spring Shock Absorbers
A Bit About Brakes

FUEL SYSTEMS
Gravity Flow Fuel Systems
Evolution of a Fuel System
COVERING / PAINTING

Fabric Covering -- Dacron
Before you Paint
Painting the Homebuilt

AFTER IT'S FINISHED Weight and
Balance ... A Realistic Look
Certification and . . . Annual Condition Inspection
Amateur Inspection Checklist