Important Technical Issues

• Fly Baby Wing Bracing .  An overall summary of the basics of how the Fly Baby structure works.
• Service Notes:
• The Station 5 Spar Pin Reinforcement . A recommended modification for strengthening the aft spar carrythough.
• Tailpost Problems and their correction
• Rudder Horn upgrade
• The Maintenance Log . Read and add reports on Fly Baby maintenance problems.
• EAA Canada Safety Bulletin #SB 81-3 . Twenty years ago, the Canadian EAA raised some questions about the adequacy of the Fly Baby's internal wing bracing. Here's a full copy of the report, plus some of my thoughts on it.
• See the Advice page for various construction-related topics
• Split-Axle Landing Gear
• Airworthiness.Org has a nice article on inspecting wooden structures.
• Finnish Load Test Report. (PDF)  In the 1970s, the Finnish authorities required that the first Fly Baby in the country undergo a full Part 23 load test.  This is a translation of the report.
• Carbon Monoxide and the Fly Baby.  Think you can't get CO poisoning in an open cockpit plane?
• Heat-Induced control jamming.  Temperature got so high, my ailerons were sticking....
  

Accidents

• NTSB reports on Fly Baby Accidents . Learn from the mistakes of others.  Updated with reports going back to 1968.
• In-Depth Accident Studies
• The Loss of N2685 .  Probable Cause:  Incorrect flying wire tension adjustment .  Read this report for information on flying-wire tension-adjust issues.  19 June 2001
• The Loss of Fly Baby N96MG. An analysis of a Fly Baby crash. If you're using tie rods or streamlined wires for your Fly Baby, READ THIS !  Report updated and finalized 6 June 2001.
• The loss of CF-RXL.  Some post-accident photos and some discussion.
• The loss of N101LX.  Another wing-failure accident.

Pilot Information

• Aerobatics and the Fly Baby:  An Editorial
• Related:  The Pete Bowers Heresy
  
• Buying Used Fly Babies
• Ear Protection in Open-Cockpit Airplanes
• Preflight Checklists
• V-Speeds
• Flying Advice/Pilot Reports
• Pilot Operations Handbook (POH).  That's a Word version so you can edit it and insert your own values.  Here's a PDF for those who just want to look at it.