Slide-and-Fly Audio Panels
PS Engineering and Garmin have good replacement options for the obsolete GMA 340.
Hankering for an Anchoring
Most airports provide provisions to tie down transient aircraft. I’ve seen everything from loops of rebar sticking out of asphalt to cables and ropes...
Don’t Get Bent Out of Shape With These Pliers
As a builder of a metal aircraft kit, you no doubt have heard the term “fluting” and fluting pliers. Let’s examine fluting pliers and...
Murphy and the Flight That Almost Wasn’t
Most of us fly airplanes for fun. I would even venture to say that all KITPLANES® readers understand the fun side of aviation, especially...
Dating Your Docs & Paint Touch-Up
I’ve been reading recently through a collection of builder log segments with various descriptions of how the builders notated on their paper plans that...
Archive: August 2012
Our cover story for the August 2012 issue was a special one closely and personally followed by then Senior Editor Paul Dye. None other...
Bored No More
In a story full of admissions, I must start by confessing I had been thinking of ways to not fly the same old hour...
In Case You Missed It
Assistance for Resistance
This month’s home shop project was suggested by Matt Burch. Matt sent a couple...
Interference Drag Adds Up
Barnaby Wainfan explains the role of properly designed wing-fuselage junctions in reducing interference drag.
