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Sizing an Avionics Cooling Fan

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How much is enough?

Cool Runnings

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Norm Ellis does the math and shows you how to select the right oil cooler for your engine-cooling package. Given the critical role oil temperature plays in engine health, its a good idea to go beyond selecting the smallest, lightest and cheapest cooler you can find.

Stainless Steel

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The reality behind this pretty but high-maintenance material.

Unusual Attitude: GPS and Reality

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While he admires and uses them, author Norm Ellis laments the lack of user-friendliness in todays GPS units. Editor Marc Cook counters that argument and extols the virtues of GPSes, complications or no, and their value in the cockpit.

In Case You Missed It

Viperjet

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Viperjet N999VJ is right at home at Chino Airport in Southern California, where...

Hanging up the Spurs

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As I write this, it is August 31, 2020, which wouldn’t normally mean anything...

Kit Stuff

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Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.

Propped Up

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After seeing Paul Dye’s thorough review of the Whirl Wind propeller on his RV-8,...