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Bob Hadley

Bob Hadley
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Bob Hadley is the R&D manager for a California-based consumer products company. He holds a Sport Pilot certificate and a Light-Sport Repairman certificate with inspection authorization for his Jabiru J250-SP.

Brake Turn

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My local airport, Corona Municipal in Southern California, sits in the Prodo Dam basin and is known to flood on occasion. Last February, heavy...

RV Quick Stick

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I live in a pretty cool neighborhood, which happens to include a couple of locals who are building airplane projects in their garages. In...

Temperature Sensor Restoration

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Home Shop Machinist
From left to right: A photographer’s loupe, two watchmaker’s loupes, and a folding pocket loupe.

Home Shop Machinist: Magnification

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A typical day in the shop for me would be unusual if I didn’t use a magnifier at least once.

Home Shop Machinist

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The jack hack.

Home Shop Machinist

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Preservative fogger.

Home Shop Machinist

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Cold heading a Phillips.

Home Shop Machinist

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Exhausting options-a DIY muffler for a Pietenpol.

Home Shop Machinist

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Magneto spark tester.

Home Shop Machinist

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Axle stands.

In Case You Missed It

Balancing Act

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Troubleshooting vibration problems in homebuilt airplanes. By Matthew Dock.

What’s New

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Two RANS kits return to production, Aircraft Spruce offers the Castleberry electric attitude indicator, and two Six Chuter SLSAs are certified.

Prelude to NextGen LEDs

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Just in this last few months (from June 2022), there has been a true...

The Seat

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If you're going to design the perfect airplane, which piece do you work on first?