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...
Archive: March 2009
Just three months into our yearlong 25th Anniversary year, we had a thoroughly reworked and completely exciting ViperJet on the cover. Lucky Doug Rozendaal,...
Archive: October 1994
Our October 1994 issue led off with the “wet and wonderful” Seawind 3000 composite amphibian and a thorough flight test of Nat Puffer’s Cozy,...
Archive: November 1997
Ron Wanttaja sampled the still-new Van’s RV-8 for our cover story in the November 1997 issue. “Forget the Fat RV-4 idea; this is a...
Archive: January 1988
Jim Bede’s BD-5 had, by the late 1980s, still managed to hang onto its Bond-esque glory despite never really finding a good piston powerplant...
Archive: September 2001
Over the years, the Kitfox has been a frequent visitor to our cover. This issue had the Kitfox Lite Squared, which was to be...
Archive: June 1992
Editor’s Note: With this issue, we’re going to begin a loving look back at our past, and with it an abbreviated history of the...
KitStuff
In many ways, Robrucha’s cartoons are as much a part of KITPLANES® as the airplanes themselves. Through the years, his clever, classy, always humorous...
The Perils of Cartooning About Avionics
Whenever I try to cartoon about avionics, all I get is resistance.
In Case You Missed It
Wind Tunnel
Barnaby Wainfan explores the optimum size of a wing and the best ways to balance performance and efficiency.
Some Old Favorites
For those building a new airplane, chances are you’re getting more than familiar with...
Letters
Prop Balance PrecursorIn addition to balance, improper clocking of the propeller on the crankshaft...
Murphy’s Law, Occam’s Razor
Ed, an aerospace engineer, and Bill, a 14th Century philosopher, walk into your workshop…and...