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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

[Credit: LeRoy Cook]

Logging Time

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Recording flight time in a proper form is a time-honored ritual in aviation.

Thundering Mustangs

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If you want to go faster, add more horsepower.

Editor’s Log

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With so many different types of Experimental/kit aircraft available, Paul Dye explains how KITPLANES tries to include something of interest for everyone.

The Straight Cut

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What we all need is a tool to make clean cuts in aluminum sheet.