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One builder’s lessons to learn before maintaining a Rotax 914.

Looking back on the project.

Part 5: Uncovering the history of N2165U and doing lots of sanding.

I want to present a strategy and method to get a few more prospective airplane builders off the fence and into the workshop. This...

Installing small screws into the tight confines of a deep avionics tray is a challenge that can be both annoying and frustrating.

A word we use rather flippantly when perusing electronic circuitry—ground.

The way to reduce or eliminate excess cooling drag in cruise is to use a variable-geometry cooling system that can change shape to control the amount of air flowing through the cowling.

You might think that a long-running proposal to streamline certification and greatly expand (and make far more usable) LSA and sport pilot rules would have the industry locking arm, raising voices in song and, therefore, on a clear path to success. You might, but you’d be wrong.

Some surprising results when compared to traditional Cessnas.

On our July 2006 cover was the Aventura II, written about and photographed by our longtime favorite aviation writer Dave Higdon. “Egrets and herons...