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Kitplanes Magazine: Your Homebuilt Aircraft Authority. We cover topics relevant to anyone who has ever dreamed of building or owning a homebuilt experimental aircraft.

Metal Magic: Should You Bother Priming?

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Paul Dye wraps up the KITPLANES Metal Magic series with a discussion of whether or not to primer-protect aluminum structures. There's a lot of...

Metal Magic: Fixing Mistakes and Making Adjustments

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No airplane project is perfect. You are human and you're going to make mistakes. KITPLANES editor at large Paul Dye discusses some of the...

Metal Magic: Making Parts Fit

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In our 22nd episode of Metal Magic, KITPLANES editor at large Paul Dye goes into some of the tactics to make recalcitrant airframe pieces...

Zenith Returning to Texas with February Workshop

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Zenith Aircraft Company is returning to southwestern Texas to host its popular hands-on kit aircraft building workshop. The two-day workshop will be held February...

Sonex: Under New Ownership

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Mark Schaible, long-time Sonex employee and general manager purchased the assets of Sonex Aircraft, LLC and Sonex Aerospace, LLC and will continue operations as...

Archive: September 1985

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Way back in the early issues of KITPLANES®, when we still felt the need to say “by the editors of Private Pilot” on the...

February 2022

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On the cover (clockwise from upper left): Rotax 912 ULS, Superior Air Parts XP Series, ADEPT Airmotive V-6, AC-Aero Centurion, Verner Scarlet 9S, Barrett...

Metal Magic: A Quick Look at Edge Rolling

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This short episode of Metal Magic provides some quick tips on the most effective ways to get sheetmetal to "lay down" properly. KITPLANES editor...

Archive: January 1992

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The pointy, provocative nose of the Berkut punctuated our heavily processed cover this month. Inside, it was the first of a two-part story on...

January 2022

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On the cover: Since its first flight in 1986, Paul Cox has logged more than 3300 hours in N80PC, his second plans-built Mustang II....

In Case You Missed It

Homemade Compression Tester

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Why buy a new one when you can build your own?

Sikaflex Canopy Bond

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Tips for making The Big Cut and bonding a canopy.

Aero ‘lectrics

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If you want to keep your paint and other supplies from freezing next winter, try this relay and heater (made to work in conjunction with last month’s temperature sensor project).

Ripples

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I wrote this in April to meet a May deadline for this September issue...