Experimenter is a magazine created by EAA for people who build airplanes. We will report on amateur-built aircraft as well as ultralights and other light aircraft.
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Safety Wire Inspection and Repair, contains methods, tech- niques, and practices acceptable to the FAA administrator for the inspection and repair of non- pressurized areas of civil aircraft only when there are no overriding manufacturer maintenance or repair instructions. c. Unique d. Unstable e. Extremely high power-to-weight ratio f. Jet powered g. Turboprop powered h. Rocket powered i. Other unconventional powerplant 2. A typical accident involves loss of aircraft control and/or structural failure during initial flight testing, as typified by the Hughes H-1 Rep- lica aircraft accident. d. Flight training recommendations are as follows: i. Best training is accomplished in your specific airplane with a well-qualified instructor who is experienced in the specific make and model. ii. Second-best training source is information from, and from flying with the previous owner, if you purchased your aircraft already built. iii. All training should emphasize the reasons why the installed controls and systems are the way they are and what special operational character- istics they have. This should include covering any unusual handling characteristics that may arise from application of a control or system that may catch the pilot off guard. Again, be sure that you explore your plane's handling qualities under safe, supervised conditions. Transition Training for Family VII Airplanes (Specialty Airplane Family) 1. Family VII aircraft are defined as aircraft that fall into one of the following categories: a. One-of-a-kind or highly modified b. Limited kit production 40 NO. 3/NOVEMBER 2012 Wikipedia states the following information on the Hughes H-1 Replica aircraft accident: "Jim Wright of Cottage Grove, Oregon, built a full-scale rep- lica of the H-1 that first flew in 2002. So exact was the replica to the original that the FAA granted it Serial Number 2 of the model. The achievement in re-creating the aircraft was heralded in virtually every well-known aviation magazine of the time. On August 4, 2003, after a successful unveiling of the replica at the 2003 AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wis- consin, Wright fatally crashed. On his way home to Oregon, he had landed briefly in Gillette, Wyoming, to refuel. While on the ground, Wright met briefly with local reporters and indicated that the aircraft had been having propeller "gear problems." He then departed, crashing just north of the Old Faith- ful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park about an hour later. The replica, originally slated for use in the film The Aviator, was completely destroyed, and Wright was killed. The official accident report points to a failure of a counterweight on the con- stant-speed propeller." T e achievement in re-creating the aircraſt was heralded in virtually every well-known aviation magazine of the time. Interestingly, the replicated aircraft was so true to the original that its subsequent crash and destruction were due to the very design weakness the original aircraft suffered from—a harmonics problem created by that particular engine-propeller combination! 3. Transition hazards: a. One of the core principles of the experimental