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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.
     
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
                                       

 

 
                              
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