MOSAIC Isn’t a Question of Can You—But Why You’d Build

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[Credit: FAA]
By now you know the headline numbers. Stall speed up to 59 knots clean. Four seats. Night flying. A Sport Pilot license—or just a...

Vintage in Review Returns to Oshkosh: Five Days, Five Stories, and...

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If there is a corner of AirVenture that quietly rewards the homebuilder, it is the patch of grass just east of the Vintage Red...

Zenith Throws Open Its Doors for “Fly-In to Summer”

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[Credit: Zenith Aircraft Company]
If you’ve ever wanted to see where all those Zenith kit parts come from, June 20th is your chance to find out firsthand. Zenith...

Conquering the Magneto, Part 2

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Making rare use of my drafting tools for the internal timing. [All Images Credited to Andrew Robinson]
The second installment continues demystifying the aircraft magneto, with deeper detail on service and troubleshooting.

FLYBOX Avionics

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The integrated ECLIPSE NG features a very sunlight readable display that shows the engine and all flight data organized in one or more pages. [Credit: Fielden Aero LLC]
Avionics and controls for Homebuilts.

Radiant Technology Unveils SafeGyro

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[Credit: Radiant Technology]
Latest addition to the Mini Glass line offers USB-rechargeable portability and intuitive motion-history mapping.

MagniX Unveils Electric Engine for the GA Market

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[Credit: magniX]
The new engine aims to slash flight training costs and maintenance, with a Van's RV-10 test flight scheduled for later this year and a commercial launch in 2027

Dynon Unveils Scalable Engine Monitoring for Kitbuilders

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[Credit: Dynon]
Simplified engine-focused interface streamlines cockpit operation.

Weight and Flutter

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Aircraft control surface designs may include counterweights to offset and eliminate flutter. The counterweights should not be eliminated to save weight. [Credit: Kitplanes Archive]
There are places where weight is needed and should not be deleted.

A 30-Year Love Affair With My Stinson

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The author flying his Sinson 108-2 Voyager in the skies above British Columbia, Canada. [Credit: Mike Davenport]
The story of a caretaker of a versatile classic, the Stinson 108 Voyager.

Eyes Forward

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The discomfort of wearing prescription- or sunglasses under an ANR headset is eliminated with Flying Eyes. [Credit: Flying Eyes]
Flying eyes optics solves the headset-sunglasses problem.

Second Chance Six

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Left to right, shiny new bulkheads, wooden form blocks, and old bulkheads. [Credit Tinley Ong]
Going down rabbit holes.

ScaleBirds P-36 Hawk

ScaleBirds, a newcomer to the kit manufacturing scene, chose to start their line of replica fighters with one of the first all-metal U.S. military pursuit ships of WW-II—the P-36.

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