How To Bend Tubing Without a Tube Bender

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Home shop machinist.

Why Is My Airplane Slow?

1
Checkpoint diagnosis.

Common In-Flight Failures, Part 1

4
Checkpoints: Diagnosis.

Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!

5
The Lone Ranger

Where Are the Instructions?

1
Plane and simple.

CircuitMaker for Aircraft

6
What a spaghetti diagram! Not really.

Orphan Part Angel

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The Glasair static port design has a beveled segment that bisects the centerline of the port. This adds more than a minor complication to the machining process.

Risk Tolerance

5
There’s only so much we can do to eliminate risk, so it becomes more about risk tolerance, which is usually different for everyone.

Leaking Brakes

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Leaking brake calipers will not only deplete the brake fluid, but the fluid will be absorbed by the brake pads and adversely affect braking...

Assistance for Resistance

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This month’s home shop project was suggested by Matt Burch. Matt sent a couple of photos of a cool time-saving tool he made to...

In Case You Missed It

Viperjet

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Viperjet N999VJ is right at home at Chino Airport in Southern California, where...

The New Guy

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Getting advice from the Internet. By David Boeshaar.

Home Shop Machinist

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Kermit Weeks hangar—EAA’s home shop.

Cygnet Distinction

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Each of its unusual features serves a purpose.