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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.

Wood Legal Eagle XL

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I completed my Legal Eagle XL at home and covered the wings in my living room and dining room over the winter. Great Wife!!...

Metal Magic: Blind Rivet Techniques

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Paul Dye discusses blind or pull rivets—and why they're not just like hardware-store "pop" rivets.

STOL Drag Receives FAA National Accreditation

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In 2019, STOL Drag got its start after becoming the first new race class at the Reno Air Races in almost 20 years. This...

Metal Magic: Removing Bad Rivets

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How to properly remove bad or damaged rivets. You'll probably do this a lot over the course of an airplane project!

Archive: October 1999

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Mike Arnold’s hyper efficient AR-5 was on our October 1999 cover with a report by editor Dave Martin that posed an interesting question: Could...

August 2021

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On the cover: Bob Mackey flies Gabriel DeVault’s electric Xenos, which is powered by a Zero motorcycle drivetrain. Photographed near Hollister, California, by Marc...

Huttinger Zenith CH 750 STOL

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When I made the decision to purchase the kit after attending a rudder workshop in November of 2015, I envisioned a three-year process at...

eXenos Electric Motorglider

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Paul Dye describes what's new and what's cool with the Gabriel DeVault Xenos motorglider powered by an electric motor.

Archive: October 1997

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A sleek Lancair IV-P was on our October 1997 cover along with the blurb promising an over-gulf trip from Florida to Mexico.

July 2021

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On the cover: While testing two of the latest three-blade composite props, Paul Dye photographed his RV-8 with a Hartzell Explorer and Whirl Wind...

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Nobody Likes a Drip

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Ultraviolet light helps locate oil leaks from sources that are tough to find.

Letters

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Hot or Not?Since it's blazing hot here on the Great Plains, I was excited...

What a Drag

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Round versus streamline flying wires.

Product Review: Spidertracks S3 Aviator

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The next-gen Spidertracks Aviator satellite tracker offers more features at a better price. What’s not to like? By Marc Cook.