An Approach to Airplane Maintenance

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If we put maintenance and repairs together, we can easily see a link between maintenance well done and minimizing repairs. Of course, too much...

Another Drill Guide

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The cordless hand drill is a marvel of engineering. Lightweight and powerful, it can do just about any drilling job on an airplane. But...

Metal Magic: Removing Bad Rivets

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How to properly remove bad or damaged rivets. You'll probably do this a lot over the course of an airplane project!

Here Come Hell’s Bells Again

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We can use decibel calculations no matter if we are measuring in power or voltage; the calculations and outcome are identical.

Maintenance Tools

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If you are going to do a proper job of maintaining your airplane, you will need some tools that don’t have much use outside of aviation.

Wheel Pant Suspenders

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The challenge with this wheel pant was where to mount it, and how.

A Match Made in VSWR Heaven

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Why should we care about VSWR?

Disconnected Pitot Line

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Ever lose your airspeed in flight? The nylon lines held in the “push-grip” fittings must have some flexibility in them so they aren’t pulled...

Don’t Get Stuck!

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Have you ever found yourself in over your head when it comes to taking on a big project?

Smooth Out Your Ride

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Dynamic propeller balancing can smooth out your ride and reduce wear and tear on engine parts.

In Case You Missed It

No Limits!

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Marco Cherubini is a paraplegic, but that didn’t stop him from building an RV-7 and fulfilling his dreams of flight.

Design Process: Landing Gear, Part 4

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Last month we looked at how the static stability of the airplane when it...

Flaperons, Spoilers and Drooping Ailerons

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There are some situations where there isn’t enough room on the wing’s trailing edge...

Alternative Energies

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The greenest flight of all. By Dean Sigler.