| On August 30, 1992, at 8:15 a.m., on a warm Sunday morning, Mike Arnold flew the AR-5 through the three kilometer traps north of Davis, CA at 213.18 mph, setting a new world speed record in FAI Class C1aO (under 661 pounds gross). What a thrill! Chapters: 1. Bruce Camichael's comments 2. Landing gear details 3. Strut fairing design 4. Fab strut fairings 5. Wheelpant design 6. Carving wheelpant 7. Fiberglassing wheelpant 8. Micro sandwich stiffner 9. Heroic struggle to liberate wheelpant 10. Flanges and parting lines 11. Fastners 12. Filling, sanding, and paint 13. Why not retract? | |