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Heintz Design College Articles: Aircraft Design and Construction

Aircraft Design Made Easy
First in a series on basic calculations for designing your own light aircraft. Heintz describes a simple method for the preliminary design of a light airplane using just paper, pencil and a $10 calculator.

Design

Article 1

Wood, Aluminum, Steel and Composites... and the Properties of each.

Materials

Article 2

Light Aircraft Construction Materials

Materials

Article 1

The First Flight of Your Aircraft

Flight Test

Article 2

Performance Testing Your Aircraft

Flight Test

Article 1

Riveted Joints (Part 1)

Construction

Article 2

Riveted Joints (Part 2)

Construction

Article 1

Choosing the Design of Your Aircraft

Design

Article 1

Airfoils - Part I

Design

Article 2

Airfoils - Part II

Design

Article 3

Airfoils - Part III

Design

Article 4

Airfoils - Part IV - An Application (STOL)

Design

Article 1

Horizontal Tail: Pitch, Stability And Control

Design

Article 2

Control Of Our Airplane

Design

Article 3

Weight & Balance

Design

Short

Design and Application of the ZODIAC's Hingeless Aileron

Design

Article

Anatomy of a STOL Aircraft:
Designing a Modern Short Take-Off and Landing Aircraft

Design

The first 14 articles were published in the Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) Light Plane World or Experimenter publications.
Chris Heintz has hinted that he is working on a book on light aircraft design and construction.

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TM Technologies
Cool tools and methods for better metalwork. Tools, tool plans, tool supplies and how-to videos for all types of metalwork.

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Regulations & AIM
Complete on-line Federal Aviation Regulations and Airman Information Manual.