Jim Weir
Jim Weir is the chief avioniker at RST Engineering. He answers avionics questions in the Internet newsgroup www.pilotsofamerica.com–Maintenance. His technical advisor, Cyndi Weir, got her Masters degree in English and Journalism and keeps Jim on the straight and narrow. Check out their web site at www.rst-engr.com/kitplanes for previous articles and supplements.
Theory vs. Practice
My mom once told me that when she and dad got married, she had three theories about raising kids. Then she had me and...
Sausage, Law and Breadboards
Otto von Bismarck said that if you enjoy sausage and law, you should never watch either of them being made. I will add to...
The Proof Is in the Putting
Putting it on the hangar roof and wiring it to the airplane, that is. This is the first of a whole lot of things...
Summer-Time
I love to look at the beautiful work and magnificent instrument panels that our KITPLANES® readers show us in these pages. But I also...
The Solar HOG
So, we’ve got this huge furnace about 94 million miles away from us, and we want to tap into that furnace’s power. Since this...
I’m a HOG
Porkers of the world, relax. I’m not about to turn you all into bacon and spareribs (although that’s not a bad idea). No, HOG...
VHF Com–the Good, the Bad, the Ugly
With a panel full of glass and diodes turned into all the colors of the rainbow, the poor old VHF com sitting over in...
Vertical, Vertical and so Very Practical
So, here we are with fly-in season upon us. And fire season. And lots of reasons to have an aircraft com station on the...
Off the Grid (Chapter 2)
Here we go with what I promised you last month. This may be the simplest—and yet the most complex—discussion of what it means to...
A Grid-Free Hangar
This may well be the most ambitious project I’ve tackled in the last 35 years of writing my KITPLANES® columns. I’m going to unplug...
In Case You Missed It
Build, Maintain, Inspect
One of the big reasons that people build their own airplane is the flexibility...