Badland Part 103 Pilots and Builders Forum

Don't be too concerned with tailwheel training. It teaches you to land with everything just right. Landing at 30 mph is so slow that you can easily correct errors. You will love flying a tailwheel, it's never boring. Nice chatting.

There are valid points on both sides. I normally fly in and out of the mountains of WVa. I use slips all the time vs. flaps due to being able to kick it straight and be flying almost instantly rather than milking the flaps off and establish a climb. I think you will find that aircraft such as the Ba...

In an aircraft like the Badlands or Kitfox lite, flaps (flapperons) are really not needed. Only advantage would be a steep decent and a slip does the same and probably better in a bird like the Badlands or Lite. In an aircraft like the SkyRaider, the flaps are part of the wing so they add lift as we...

I've seen the video. One thing about flapperons is that without differential ailerons, they cause a lot of adverse yaw. Easily corrected with rudder so not really an issue.

Same engine I plan to use. One thing I like about the SR is seperate flaps and ailerons. Good luck on the retirement. You won't have time to do anything after that.

Recently bought a SkyRaider 1 kit. The fuselage is almost identical to the Badlands. Probably because the same guy designed both. I am sure Chris changed the badlands a bit to make it his own. I can say that it is a strong airframe. I plan to try to make it Pt 103, even though many say it can't be d...