Temporary Resuscitation

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Last month we tackled the wobbly control stick on Kevin King’s SQ2000. This month was going to be about making an adapter to fit...

Can You Keep It Together?

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Part of your aircraft kit-building journey will require you to temporarily fasten various components together. For example, maintaining precise alignment while drilling parts that...

QLF–Amateur Radio in Your Aircraft

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To find the earliest recorded amateur radio in an aircraft, we have go back to 1912 when Lieutenant B.T. James (RAF) strapped a pair...

Broken Control Cable

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Here’s a throttle control cable that has separated from the housing. It is very likely that on a stiff throttle, the cable might bend...

Metal Magic: Should You Bother Priming?

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Paul Dye wraps up the KITPLANES Metal Magic series with a discussion of whether or not to primer-protect aluminum structures. There's a lot of...

Alternator Woes

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I had the opportunity to address a couple of alternator problems this past week, and the irony is that they were on two of...

Blind Rivets: Look Closely

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Many aircraft kits are designed around the use of blind rivets—also known as pulled rivets or “pop” rivets (POP rivet is a trademarked name)....

Hobble the Wobble

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Late in 2021 my buddy Kevin King was in the middle of upgrading the panel on his SQ-2000. He was swapping out the original—and...

The Other Power Failure

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In the days of steam gauges, an alternator failure was inconvenient. In the age of glass panels, it is potentially more serious. Now, if...

Metal Magic: Fixing Mistakes and Making Adjustments

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No airplane project is perfect. You are human and you're going to make mistakes. KITPLANES editor at large Paul Dye discusses some of the...

In Case You Missed It

Baffle Shaker

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Missing baffling screws.

Stressing Structure

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Load distributions, part 1.

Experimotive

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Necessity is the mother of invention, and the Corvair engine for aircraft has inspired a host of innovative aftermarket solutions. By Rick Lindstrom.

Testing, Testing!

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Part 3: Testing components and assemblies.