Articles/Stories

This page is a list of articles that may be helpful to RANS CLAN members. To submit a how-to article, a building tip, story, or anything that may be of interest to builders and flyers, please submit it here. You may certainly include pictures.
 

	How-To's			Reports
	Getting Rid of Pin Holes (Superflite System)By Mark Pensenstadler The Superflite primer is notorious for its many pinholes. This is how I eliminated this problem.			RANS Factory Tour and S-19 Demo Flight By Bruce Fox Follow Bruce's story as he travels to hays, KS to fly the S-19 for the first time. Needless to say, he ends up buying one.
	How to Ship a Plane Overseas By Eric Humes Here are some good tips on the proper way to pack and ship an airplane. Eric indicates that if you can keep your crate under a certain size, you can save quite a bit on shipping charges.
	Building a Wing Jig (From Wood) By Mark Pensenstadler If you're not a welder, here's a way to build a rotary wing jig for covering or painting.
	Panel Labeling w/Laser Jet Slide-on Decals By Emmet Welch Great article on a simple way to make really cool looking panel labels.
	Lessons Learned
	Ctrl-Alt-Delete Works for Planes Too By Mark Pensenstadler This is my embarrassing (and expensive) story about learning a little too late the importance of patience.
	Ten Lessons Building an S-6 By Duane Mitchell Read 10 tips from Duane gathered from his experience building and testing his S-6.