Featuring new and classic kitplane designs, this proven bestseller is the
most current and comprehensive resource available on choosing, building, and
flying homebuilt planes. Covering tubing and fabric, wood, traditional sheet
metal, and the latest composites, Kit Airplane Construction uses step-by-step
instructions and detailed case studies of kitplane models to give amateur plane
builders the knowledge needed to create and fly their own aircraft.
New in the Third Edition!
- Costs and Materials Guides
- Details on Avionics
- Occupant Comfort Section
- "Experimental Light Sports" Category
- Safety Regulations
- New photographs
Table of Contents:
- Beginnings
- Fundamentals
- Alternatives
- Selection
- Decisions
- Preparations
- Basics
- Composite Construction
- Metal-monocoque Construction
- Steel Tube and Aluminum Tube Construction
- Wood and Fabric Construction
- Completion
- Afterward: Get 'Em Flying
About the Author:
Ronald J. Wanttaja is an award-winning aviation writer and a
systems engineer with Boeing, working in satellite orbit/constellation design
and analysis, launch vehicle and onboard propulsion system trades, and
operations concepts for space systems. He worked on the early design studies for
the International Space Station. An Air Force veteran, he was an on-duty
operator for the Defense Support Program missile early-warning satellite. As a
freelance aviation journalist, he has written for Private Pilot,
Flying, Sport Aviation, Flight Line, Kitplanes, and other
publications. He is author of the bookAirplane Ownership, also from
McGraw-Hill. His aviation writing has won several prizes, including the EAA "Bax
Seat Trophy" and a journalism award from the Aviation/Space Writer's
Association. Mr. Wanttaja has also written and published historical fiction.
Third Edition, Softcover, 384 pages.