Plane and Pilot

MAY 3, 2025

Depressions in the vertical stabilizer and rudder, as well as stabilator skins and ailerons, all help increase panel stiffness while allowing less under-skin structure. The owner I joined in partnership was the second owner of the Cherokee, and it was based right here, Widell says, gesturing to his spotless hangar at Twin Oaks.

Approach 73

Approach Airplanes Stability Weight-Shift-Control 73

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 2, 2025

Its owned by Lee Smith, 69, who keeps it hangared at Long Island Airpark (NC26), in North Carolina. The Robin has a placard that reads: Rudder in fully opposed direction; Elevator control pulled fully back; Ailerons in neutral position. and has, in fact, owned Six Zero Zulu twice.

Rudder 80

Rudder Pilot Airplanes Center of Gravity 80

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The wing’s dead-smooth surface plus the tight-fitting aileron and flap brackets plus aileron gap seals give the build a professional factory look (left). At that point the project is trucked 5 miles to the Prineville Airport where final assembly takes place in a hangar.

Airplanes 79

Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 79