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Reverse Engineering Heated Seats

Paul Dye -
How to they make it “high” and “low” with just a single SPDT switch and SPST relay?

TLAC Selling Off Some Models

Kitplanes -
Want to own you own ultralight company?

Sonex Hopes to Fly High Wing By Spring

Marc Cook -
The High Wing prototype is expected to fly soon.

Webinar: Zenith Aircraft Kits & Plans

Kitplanes -

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.

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Builder Spotlight

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 14

Jon Humberd -
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Builder Spotlight

Second Chance Six

Tenley Ong -
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Shop Talk

Wire You Surprised?

Jim Weir -
3
Exploring

Seeing Wright

Tom Wilson -
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Exploring

Nuclear Certified String

Kerry Fores -
2
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Build, Test, Refine and Fix—Part 1: Ground Tests

Barnaby Wainfan -
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IV Tube for Crankcase Ventilation

Bob Hadley -
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Exploring

Master Caution

Myron Nelson -
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Wanted: Engine Competition

Marc Cook -
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Buyer's Guides

2025 Engine Buyer’s Guide

Tom Wilson -
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A Baker’s Dozen

Vic Syracuse -
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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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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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Eating the Elephant

Paul Dye -
One person can’t imagine eating a whole elephant. It’s simply impossible. But the answer to the idiomatic question remains: one bite at a time!

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 14

Jon Humberd -
Out of the holding pattern, onto the panel.

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.

Shop Talk

Best of Both Worlds

Jon Croke -
Can we convert a certified aircraft into an Experimental so we can get the freedoms we really want?

Reverse Engineering Heated Seats

Paul Dye -
How to they make it “high” and “low” with just a single SPDT switch and SPST relay?

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 -

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.

Exploring

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How’s Your Head?

Marc Cook -
We have a few changes around here that are worthy of mention.

The Iceman Cometh

Myron Nelson -
Every pilot who has ever experienced icing conditions will remember their first time.

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.

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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