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Jon Croke

Jon Croke
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As the founder of HomebuiltHELP.com, Jon Croke has produced instructional videos for Experimental aircraft builders for over 20 years. He has built (and helped others build) over a dozen kit aircraft of all makes and models. Jon is a private pilot and currently owns and flies a Zenith Cruzer.

Taking Your Engine’s Temperature

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Your aircraft’s engine requires monitoring of various temperatures for you to know that it will continue to purr along reliably for the entire flight....

Badland Aircraft Speeds Up Production

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Badland Aircraft, a manufacturer of Part 103 legal ultralights with folding wings, have been working through an order backlog that has customers waiting months...

Flight Sensor Pack

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RADIANT Technology, headed by James Wiebe, has just announced a new pocket-sized artificial horizon instrument. Measuring less than 3” square, this extremely portable unit...

On the Level

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A few months back in this very column, I suggested that pilots should keep a “retired” smart phone in their aircraft as an all-in-one...

That’s Shear Nuts

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The aircraft bolts we use to build our projects will always be paired with an appropriate nut to complete the mission of holding components...

Consider a Second Look

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I would chance a guess that most aircraft kits are primarily built by one person. While some projects are constructed by groups or teams...
Old iPhone as aviation multi tool

The Best Multi-Tool for your Homebuilt

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I am going to describe the best multi-tool you can own for your homebuilt aircraft—whether flying or building. In the “old” days, a multi-tool...

Can You Keep It Together?

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Part of your aircraft kit-building journey will require you to temporarily fasten various components together. For example, maintaining precise alignment while drilling parts that...

Blind Rivets: Look Closely

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Many aircraft kits are designed around the use of blind rivets—also known as pulled rivets or “pop” rivets (POP rivet is a trademarked name)....

Make That Aluminum Shine

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If there was a way to make metal parts look even nicer than they looked coming out of your aircraft kit’s shipping box—and the...

In Case You Missed It

Learning How to Drag Your Tail

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Making the transition from trigear to tailwheels.

The Dawn Patrol

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Good things come in threes.

Straight Floats to Amphibs

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Fed up with the restrictions of being able to land on water only, builder Mervin Zinck came up with a design to add retractable gear to his floats. By Don Ledger.

Scratch-Built Christavias

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Quickbuild kits too easy? Here's your next project.