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Sonex Highwing Update Webinar

Kitplanes -
Get all the latest information about the Sonex Highwing this Thursday, January 30th during EAA Homebuilders Week.

Dummy Loads

Paul Dye -
You may have heard horror stories of blowing up your radio if you hit that PTT without an antenna installed.

Trimming a Tube Square

Paul Dye -

Easy Servo Wiring Trick

Paul Dye -
If you are wiring up a typical Ray Allen trim servo, you know that the two “power” wires to the motor are both white.

RTV in Fuel System

Vic Syracuse -
There is potential for serious problems.

Hand to Hand with a Bending Board

Paul Dye -
You’d think that with a quick-build fuselage, the factory could have made a frame that matched.

Video Series

Magazine

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Shop Talk

IV Tube for Crankcase Ventilation

Bob Hadley -
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Exploring

Master Caution

Myron Nelson -
2
Exploring

Wanted: Engine Competition

Marc Cook -
3
Buyer's Guides

2025 Engine Buyer’s Guide

Tom Wilson -
1
Shop Talk

A Baker’s Dozen

Vic Syracuse -
0
Builder Spotlight

The Jet A- Burning RV-9A

Dennis Parker -
3
Exploring

Precious Metal

Ariana Rayment -
4
Shop Talk

Buying an Unfinished Project

Jon Croke -
2
Exploring

The “Flying by Feel” Fallacy

Paul Dye -
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Buyer's Guides

2025 Homebuilt Aircraft Buyer’s Guide

Kitplanes -
2
Builder Spotlight

Why We Built What We Did

Kitplanes -
0
Exploring

Here We Go Again

Marc Cook -
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Kit Bits

How Bad Could a Prop Strike Be?

Lisa Turner -
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Builder Spotlight

Ten Things That Will Have an Impact on Insurance

Scott "Sky" Smith -
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Builder Spotlight

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 13

Jon Humberd -
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Flight Reviews

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Kitfox Speedster 916

Marc Cook -
The feistiest Kitfox gets feistier yet.

Sling Shot

Paul Dye -
Rotax’s 916 enlivens Sling’s four-seaters.

Nothing Small About It

Tom Wilson -
The Gweduck is a hero-class Experimental three decades in the making.

On the Nose!

Paul Dye -
Lockwood’s Rotax-powered RV-9A is more than just fancy rhinoplasty.

Excess Horsepower!

Paul Dye -
Kitfox’s Super Sport gets more than new pep from Rotax’s turbocharged 916 iS.

Ryan ST vs. Timber Tiger ST-L

Dewey Davenport -
Can a modern replica actually be better than a classic original?

Builder Spotlight

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Second Chance Six

Tenley Ong -
Part 13: Assessing the ailerons, learning the lathe and plotting the wiring.

The Jet A- Burning RV-9A

Dennis Parker -
Behind the scenes with the CD-155-powered RV.

Why We Built What We Did

Kitplanes -
And sometimes we bought instead of built (again).

Ten Things That Will Have an Impact on Insurance

Scott "Sky" Smith -
In today’s market you might not be able to get insurance for the plane you want or the premium might be more than you want to spend.

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 13

Jon Humberd -
Things to do while in the holding pattern.

Second Chance Six

Tenley Ong -
Part 12: Final painted parts, installing wings and things, autopilot servos.

EFIS Roundup 2024

Marc Cook -
Big screens available now.

Building a Composite Fuel Tank

Eric Stewart -
How to keep it lightweight and leak-free.

Shop Talk

Wire You Surprised?

Jim Weir -
There are three basic methods of marking your wires so that 10 years from now you’ll be able to go back and track down trouble.

Trimming a Tube Square

Paul Dye -
We’ve been fitting the canopy frame to the F1 Rocket project this week, and...

Easy Servo Wiring Trick

Paul Dye -
If you are wiring up a typical Ray Allen trim servo, you know that the two “power” wires to the motor are both white.

Hand to Hand with a Bending Board

Paul Dye -
You’d think that with a quick-build fuselage, the factory could have made a frame that matched.

IV Tube for Crankcase Ventilation

Bob Hadley -
Recently, my neighbor Ed needed a part to upgrade the installation of his crankcase breather/oil separator kit.

A Baker’s Dozen

Vic Syracuse -
Vic shares his decision process for both choosing another RV-10 as well as choosing some of the “upgrades.”

Exploring

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Seeing Wright

Tom Wilson -
I just never expected to have such an aviation episode while navigating my stairwell.

Nuclear Certified String

Kerry Fores -
No one wants a nuclear explosion triggered or hindered by string.

Master Caution

Myron Nelson -
My original intent for this month’s treatise was to produce the first installment of my upcoming Kitfox build series, which I have been greatly looking forward to. However, as often happens in life, life itself got in the way.

Wanted: Engine Competition

Marc Cook -
Imagine a time not too long ago when pilots embarking on the delicious endeavor to build their own airplanes could consider multiple sources for just about any engine on the menu.

Precious Metal

Ariana Rayment -
My wedding might not make it into Vogue, but I’ll be damned if it doesn’t make it into KITPLANES!

The “Flying by Feel” Fallacy

Paul Dye -
Smart pilots embrace tools like AoA systems to reduce risk—not ego-driven notions of flying solely 'by feel.'

Products

Radiant Technology Unveils Taxi Camera

Cayla McLeod -
A flush camera and accompanying 7-inch LCD display grants tailwheel pilots forward visibility while taxiing.

EFIS Roundup 2024

Marc Cook -
Big screens available now.

DuraWear and UltraWear Brake Discs From Matco

Jonathan & Julia Apfelbaum -
Matco presented new DuraWear and UltraWear components which provide an upgrade to their standard brake discs and pads while maintaining the same pricing.

Tundra Tailwheels

Tom Wilson -
Tundra's line of no excuses off-road tailwheels.

NORAD and Sunglasses

Kerry Fores -

Aircraft Specialty Flightlines Brings Three New Smart Components to AirVenture

Steve Ashby -
Aircraft Specialty Flightlines, an AirVenture Veteran, has been innovating safer, more capable and easier to use components for experimental amateur aircraft builders for years.

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