During the summe of 2010, my homebuilt, Melmoth 2, which had been flying for almost eight years, began to display a mystifying symptom. As I turned off the runway after landing, the main landing gear ...

It's no secret that the '65-'73 Mustang's factory front suspension is archaic in design when compared to today's new cars, especially the fabulous '11 Mustang. The old double control arm, coil spring, ...

The DP3 hill-sensing struts hit the market in January 2003 and put Off-Road Innovations (ORI) on the off-road enthusiast map. However, that wasn’t the real beginnings of ORI, as owners Mark and Marie ...

In Part 1, we discussed properly checking windshield seals and nosewheel shimmy. Do your struts need servicing? When a business jet’s nose is lowered to the runway on landing, it is important that the ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 23, PARTS I and II (1928), pp. 145-150 (6 pages) COMPROMISES are necessary in designing a piston, sacrificing the quality of least importance under the given conditions.