Ever fantasized about building your own airplane? Even one of the least expensive ... drive”—the propeller is bolted directly to the crankshaft and turns at the engine’s rpm.

The NTSB report has been released on the LaFayette plane crash that occurred in March at the Barwick LaFayette Airport.

The opposing pairs of four-cylinders drove a common crankshaft that was geared to the central propeller shaft. Ordinarily, a heavily loaded airplane would be equipped with a constant-speed ...