Flight Testing

Spinning the Falco
Stability vs. Trimmability
How to Kill Yourself in a Homebuilt Airplane
Your Test Pilot

Benchmark
Benchmark 2.0
Performance Testing 101     Av Engineer? Have Macintosh?
Computer Aided Flight Testing

Evaluation of the Sequoia 300 Airplane

F.8L Falco Flight Manual

The Falco Flight Test Guide is featured in Peter Garrison's "Technicalities" column in the February 2001 Flying. In it, Peter quotes Falco builder Al Aitken extensively. Pick up a copy, if you don't already have one. On the Falco Flight Test Guide: "This is a very thorough and thoughtful piece of work that anyone test flying any new airplane, be it a one-off or a popular kit, should read." -- Peter Garrison On the idea of short runway hops: "You're not much better off crashing from three feet than from 3,000." -- Al Aitken F.8L Falco Flight Test Guide Flight Test Cards

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