Build Series

Follow Kitplanes contributors through multi-part stories.

Second Chance Six

As Oshkosh 2025 nears, Tenley rallies support and tackles critical inspection tasks to get RV-6 N2165U flying again.

Eating the Elephant—Part 2

One step forward, two steps back

Second Chance Six

Part 14: To fix or not to fix?

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 15

Why is this airplane xtreme?

Eating the Elephant

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

Out of the holding pattern, onto the panel.

Second Chance Six

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

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 13

Things to do while in the holding pattern.

Second Chance Six

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

Second Chance Six

Part 11: Starting to wire my Advanced Flight Systems panel, installing a new fuel selector and more!

In Case You Missed It

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Free Flight

Paul Dye - December 15, 2011 0

Expecting your avionics software to be free of bugs is unrealistic, but there is a way to avoid being bitten.

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Free Flight

Paul Dye - February 14, 2012 0

Perfection is unattainable for most builders, yet it is what many strive for. Paul Dye posits that sometimes “good enough” may be just what you need to finally get out of the shop and into flying.

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Letters

Kitplanes - November 21, 2014 0

Wankel EnginesIn "Mistral Magic" , Paul Janssens wrote: "The engine is very good as...

Letters

Kitplanes - June 24, 2007 0

Acoustic FeedbackThe article Sounding Down in the June KITPLANES concerning aircraft soundproofing was interesting...