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CUSTOM-BUILT AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND OPERATORS MANUAL

Contains spaces for listing of aircraft description, specifications, construction data, weight and balance calculations, operating limitations, operating instructions and servicing information.

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13-20100CUSTOM BUILT A/C OWNERS & OPR$26.75
KITPLANE CONSTRUCTION

This book by Ron Wanttaja, a Boeing systems engineer with a passion for small airplanes, provides lots of good, common-sense advice on selecting the right homebuilt. His premise is that the most important step in building an airplane is the first one: choosing the right airplane, the one whose construction demands, and finished perform- ance best match the individuals building and flying skills.

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13-05909E-BOOK KITPLANE CONSTRUCT. 379$41.95
CHOOSING YOUR HOMEBUILT: THE ONE YOU'LL FINISH AND FLY

Helps answer the three crucial questions every builder faces: Can you build it, can you fly it, and can you afford it? Chapters describe the relative merits of plans, kits, and materials packages, as well as what to ask the manufacturer and what to consider when buying a completed homebuilt.

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13-31115CHOOSING YOUR HOMEBUILT$18.95
COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION FOR HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT (Jack Lambie)

This comprehensive manual shows you the techniques of working with plastics in homebuilt kit airplanes. Lambie’s humor and sound judgment are ideal for any avian dreamer. Over 300 graphs, drawings, diagrams, and photos that show you how. 240 pgs.

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13-12300COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION$19.95
HOW TO LICENSE A HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT

Simplifies the process of licensing paperwork. For someone thinking about buying or selling a homebuilt aircraft, this book explains how these transactions are made and what paperwork is needed by both the buyer and seller.

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13-02096HOW TO LICENSE A HOMEBUILT$22.80
ASA FLIGHT TESTING
HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT

Defines flight testing as a four phase(pre-flight, first flight, envelope expansion, and performance), step-by-step process of learning the limitations of an aircraft, defining and eliminating problems, and determining aircraft capability and optimum flying techniques. This book is a must-have for all homebuilders, 189 pages illustrated.

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13-40685ASA FLIGHT TESTING HMBLT A/C$14.95
LANDING GEAR DESIGN FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT VOLUME I

A compilation of a decade of data, this book covers arrangement of landing gear, the ground loop, tires, wheels, brakes, loads and deflections, main gears, nose gears, tail gears and more.

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13-14000LANDING GEAR DESIGN FOR LT.A/C$88.95
LIGHT AIRPLANE CONSTRUCTION FOR AMATEUR BUILDERS

This book is used for the constuction of almost any light airplane. It has 92 pages, 274 photos, 37 line illustrations, 8 tables, 37 pages of text.

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13-13800LGHT ARPLN CONST FOR AMTR BLDR$59.95
LIGHT AIRPLANE DESIGN

Used as a text in several universities and aircraft companies, a very popular book among amateur and professional designers

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13-14100LIGHT AIRPLANE DESIGN PAZMANY$67.85
PL-8 MAIN GEAR DESIGN & TRADE OFFS

This 38 page booklet describes the trade offs in shock absorber design of a nose wheeled aircraft.

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13-01512PL-8 MAIN GEAR DESIGN,TRADEOFF$44.50
PL-4A CONSTRUCTION MANUAL

With over 104 pages, and 394 figures, this book will guide you through the steps of a sheet metal construction., with techniques applicable to almost any light airplane.

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13-13900PL-4A CONSTRUCTION MANUAL$59.95
PL-4A EXPLODED VIEWS

Each sheet depicts one major assembly, all part numbers are shown. The builder can easily visualize each and all finished parts and how they go in assembly.

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13-01513PL-4A EXPLODED VIEWS$29.95