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Setser RV-7
After 16+ years of blood, sweat, tears and a little salty aviator language now and again, RV-7 #71748 officially went from “project” to “airplane.”
December 2020
On the cover: Greg Hughes of Van’s Aircraft pilots the newly up-powered RV-14A. Photographed near the Oregon coast by Jon Bliss.
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2021...
Zenith Workshops – Virtual and in Person
Zenith Aircraft is inviting future builders to join them for the next hands-on live virtual workshop next month from the comfort of your own...
Homebuilt Aircraft Feature and Capability Survey
Tell Us What You Think
Experimental aircraft have long been about innovation and personalization. We know that from looking at the available designs and talking...
Archive: December 2002
Eighteen years ago this issue, we put Jack Harper’s single-seat Breezy derivative on the cover that also touted the 2003 kit buyer’s guide featuring...
November 2020
On the cover: Two fresh-off-the-line NXCubs were flown near the company’s
headquarters in Yakima, Washington, and photographed by Jon Bliss.
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Tri-Power: Can CubCrafters...
Archive: October 2000
Our October 2000 issue featured the Stolp Starduster Too, a huge section on readers who had completed their airplanes and a closer look at...
New Products From Beringer
Beringer announced two new products for experimental aircraft - a double-shock suspension system which is supposed to reduce loads on the aircraft's landing gear...
October 2020
On the cover: Chris Cram caught Glasair Aviation’s Randy Lervold at the helm of the company’s latest Sportsman iteration near Mount Baker in Washington.
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New LED-based instruments from Radiant Technology
Radiant Instruments introduced its new line of inexpensive, daylight-readable LED-based instruments. Designed to run off of standard 12 volts, this new line of instruments...
In Case You Missed It
Product Review: PS Engineering PMA5000EX
At its heart, the PMA5000EX is a four-place stereo intercom in an audio panel that supports two each of coms, navs, switching aux inputs, music inputs plus having five unswitched aux inputs and a front-panel input for a music source or cell. By Marc Cook.
Design Process: Tail Trim Functions
In addition to stabilizing the airplane in pitch, the horizontal tail must also trim...
