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Eating the Elephant

One person can’t imagine eating a whole elephant. It’s simply impossible. But the answer to the idiomatic question remains: one bite at a time!

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 14

Out of the holding pattern, onto the panel.

Second Chance Six

Part 13: Assessing the ailerons, learning the lathe and plotting the wiring.

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 13

Things to do while in the holding pattern.

Second Chance Six

Part 12: Final painted parts, installing wings and things, autopilot servos.

Second Chance Six

Part 11: Starting to wire my Advanced Flight Systems panel, installing a new fuel selector and more!

Second Chance Six

Part 10: small, important projects— brake lines, fuel lines, baffling and fairings.

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 12

Another customization?

Second Chance Six

Part 9: With good company and a plan of action, things got rolling! Including the wheels.

Building the Affordaplane, Part 4

What engine should be used in this project?

In Case You Missed It

What’s New

Kitplanes - 0
RV-12 building assistance is available on DVD from HomebuiltHELP; Plane-Power has introduced a new alternator for Continental 520 and 550 engines; WhirlWind announces a new composite, ground-adjustable propeller for the Rotax 912/914 engine.

Primer on Paint

Myron Nelson - 0
Decisions, decisions. One of the blessings of building an airplane is the ability to...

Aero ‘lectrics

Jim Weir - 0
Headset tester à la Ferrari.

Kit Stuff

Robrucha - 0
Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.
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