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The Spirit of Homebuilt Aviation I www.eaa.org SEPTEMBER 2012 Celebrating 50-Year-Old Homebuilts » Flight Testing » 1/3-Scale B-17 Knot What You’re Thinking A homebuilt warbird Homebuilder’s Corner Welcome … To the “new” Experimenter! Welcome to the new, improved EAA policy as it relates to the Experimenter digital magazine. This is homebuilding community regarding a magazine for homebuilders; we will safety and governance issues. cover everything from the Mosquito ultralight helicopter to Lancairs. We’ll For the past few years, the HAC has Chad Jensen report on amateur-built aircraft and been understaffed, with only three experimental light-sport aircraft as well active members. Over the past year as ultralights and other light aircraft; it I have worked closely with those three will all fi t in this new publication, and members—Chairman Rick Weiss, we are excited to bring it to you in this Fred Keip, and longtime HAC member new format. EAA has been discussing Joe Gauthier. creating this magazine ever since I joined the staff last fall, and we’re During EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012, happy to now share this fi rst issue the HAC wrapped up a six-month with you. Please tell your homebuilding search for new members. From the friends about Experimenter and more than 75 applications submitted, encourage them to subscribe. It’s free four seats were fi lled. We welcome for all. Thank you for your continued Gary Baker, Randy Hooper, Keith support of the world’s most dynamic Phillips, and Dave Prizio. aviation organization. We have put together a great HAC Many of you reading this may not be team with varied backgrounds, but one aware that EAA has had a Homebuilt passion: experimental aircraft. Expect Aircraft Council (HAC) for several great things from this team in the years. This all-volunteer council was coming months and years as we work chartered 10 years ago and is a driving through the toughest issues facing the force on homebuilt issues. The HAC E-AB community. works directly with me in an advisory role to provide insight on issues To view photos of the members of the that directly affect the experimental Homebuilt Aircraft Council and learn amateur-built (E-AB) aircraft more about their activities, click here. community. They also help shape On the cover: T omas Bauer f ies his Dyke Delta JD-2 into the future. (EAA photo by Jim Koepnick.) 2 NO. 1/SEPTEMBER 2012 Contents NO. 1/SEPTEMBER 2012 I A publication of the Experimental Aircraft Association Features » 12 Celebrating Older Homebuilts » 18 You Can’t Keep a Good Plane Down 50 years plus and still fl ying Lee Walton and his recycled Thorp T-18 By Mary Jones By Budd Davisson Departments Columns » 2 Homebuilders’ Corner » 28 Under the Cowl By Chad Jensen Engine Mounts By Tim Kern » 4 E-Mail Letters and links from readers » 6 News from EAA HQ » 32 Safety Wire News from EAA Transitioning to Experimental » or Unfamiliar Airplanes 9 Flightline By Hobie Tomlinson Industry News » 23 Chapter News » 36 Light Plane World Major Achievement Awards Innovation at AirVenture 2012 at AirVenture 2012 By Grant Smith » 25 Hints for Homebuilders Easier communication By Cy Galley » 40 Flight Test Techniques Knot What You’re Thinking » 26 What Our Members are Building By Ed Kolano Jack Bally’s 1/3-Scale B-17 By Chad Jensen EAA EXPERIMENTER 3 E-Mail Talk to Us! PUBLICATIONS STAFF Founder: Paul H. Poberezny Publisher: Rod Hightower Welcome again to this fi rst issue of Experimenter online magazine. Vice President of Publications: Homebuilders Community Manager Chad Jensen and I are J. Mac McClellan delighted to be working together to bring you this publication, Homebuilding Community Manager: but like any good magazine we’ll need to hear from you to know Chad Jensen what you like/don’t like or wish we’d do to make this magazine the Contract Editor: Mary Jones/EditEtc. LLC publication you’d like. Can’t promise we’ll make all your dreams Art Director: Tavia Gavinski come true, but we’ll do the best we can with the resources we (Blue Door Consulting) have. And EAA has allocated signifi cant resources to make this Graphic Designer: Chris Livieri magazine happen. News Editor: Ric Reynolds Copy Editor: Colleen Walsh To make it easy for you to communicate with us, all you have to Multimedia Journalist: Brady Lane do is click here, and it’ll automatically open an e-mail message Visual Properties Administrator: that will show up in Chad’s inbox. We’ll put that same link in the Jason Toney masthead on this page each month as well. Can’t get much easier! Business Manager: Kathleen Witman Contributing Writers: Budd Davisson, The beauty of an online magazine is that we also can make it Tim Kern, Edward P. Kolano, Grant Smith, easier for fi nding interesting “stuff” anywhere on the Internet; all Hobie Tomlinson you have to do is click on links highlighted in blue text throughout European Correspondent: Marino Boric this issue. No need to copy and paste or try to type in confusing web addresses. ADVERTISING Such links can also make a “Letters” page like this more valuable. Display If you fi nd an interesting discussion online, we invite you to share Sue Anderson that with us so we can share it with your fellow members/readers. Jonathan Berger Jeff Kaufman We’ll post the links with a short description of the discussion. Larry Phillip Or, introduce us all to an interesting website. For example, have you heard that Burt Rutan has a new website documenting his life Mailing Address: and work? Visit www.BurtRutan.com to learn all you want about P.O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086 all things Burt. Yup, that’ll keep you busy for a while. (By the way, Phone: 920-426-4800 did I ever tell you I got to fl y in Boomerang in 1996? Thanks again, Fax: 920-426-4828 Jack [Cox] and Burt. Sorry, I can’t resist mentioning that E-mail: [email protected] occasionally.) Website: www.EAA.org Lastly, this magazine is available (free!) for anyone interested in Need to change your address or have experimental aircraft of any kind—amateur-builts, experimental other membership questions, call light-sport aircraft (E-LSA), rotorcraft, and ultralights of all 800-564-6322 (800-JOIN EAA). varieties. So help us get the word out and share this issue with EAA® and SPORT AVIATION®, the EAA anyone you think might fi nd this publication interesting. Logo® and AERONAUTICATM are registered trademarks, trademarks, and service marks of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. The Mary Jones use of these trademarks and service marks EditEtc. LLC without the permission of the Experimental Contract Editor for EAA Experimenter Aircraft Association, Inc. is strictly prohibited. 4 NO. 1/SEPTEMBER 2012 I’m a Member because... EAA protects my freedom to build and fl y. Visit EAA.org/join to become a part of the world’s most passionate aviation community. Greg Hale, EAA #101851, sits in the cockpit of his RV-10. Photo by Brady Lane/EAA © 2012 Experimental Aircraft Assoc., Inc. SEPTEMBER 2012 EAA EXPERIMENTER 2 News From HQ AirVenture 2012 a Success In closing day comments to the aviation and local Hightower praised the great work of the more than media, EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower said, 4,800 volunteers who make the event possible. “I’m “AirVenture 2012 was a real solid event. We had lots very happy with our operational execution, and there of aviation and innovation on showcase this week. were a lot of changes this year,” he said. “Volunteers Despite struggles in the overall economy, the aviation and their staffs did a marvelous job of putting together community knows that Oshkosh is the place to be a wonderful and very solid AirVenture this year.” for not only fi nding out what’s new and available in aviation, but buying the goods and services that they Numerous exhibitors reported record-breaking sales might need in the coming year.” and high-quality buyers and lots of commercial activity. More than 2,500 showplanes registered, including Of the nearly 1,000 homebuilders who fl ew their aircraft nearly 1,000 homebuilts and close to 1,000 antique, to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012, 30 builders went classic and contemporary aircraft. Hightower said, home especially happy, having been rewarded for “Including 200 Piper J-3 Cubs to celebrate the 75th their workmanship by being recognized for an award. anniversary. Thank you Piper Cub owners for making A complete listing of award winners is available here. AirVenture special.” Here are some of the major award winners in various categories: Experimental Amateur-Built Aircraft Silver Lindy Paul Poberezny Founder’s Award for Brent Lavallee, Kitchener, Ontario, RotorWay, C-FOME Best Classic Homebuilt Gold Lindy Duayne Muhle, Columbus, Nebraska, Nathan Solesbee, Anaheim, California, RotorWay, N62NT 1986 Norton Robert R. Christen Eagle II, N32RN Reserve Grand Champion Kit Built Ultralight/Light Plane Wendell Solesbee, Yorba Linda, California, Ultralight Honorable Mention 2012 Lancair Evolution, N7LH Sean Sweeney, Reunion, Florida, Demoiselle Reserve Grand Champion Plans Built Ultralight Reserve Grand Champion Michael Finney, Albany, Indiana, 2010 Clipwing J-3 Cub, John Steere, Martinsville, Indiana, Bodacious NX88159 Flex-Wing Honorable Mention Grand Champion Kit Built Keith Sharon, Sturgeon, Missouri, Wasp Wing Andy Werback, San Jose, California, Light Sport Honorable Mention 2010 Lancair Legacy, N550AW Joseph Maynard, Powell, Ohio, Sorrell Hiperlight, N43594 Grand Champion Plans Built Light Sport Reserve Grand Champion Dennis Butler, Houston, Texas, 2009 Cozy III P, N861DB Tom and Janet Schuler, Franklin, Wisconsin, Just Aircraft Highlander, N716TJ Rotorcraft Workmanship Award We’ll present complete reports on many of these Larry Linrud, Velva, North Dakota, Safari, N347LL award-winning aircraft in upcoming issues of Bronze Lindy Experimenter.