Shop Talk

We've all seen those commercials for painter's tape. They make masking look so easy, but it seems every time I use the stuff, it...

Electrical gremlins can be tough to track down. This month’s case involved a non-builder owner of a fairly new RV-8, and it took us...

Safety wire and cotter pins.

The pitot-static system is usually one of those items appearing on your to-do list when you are at the point of being 90% done...

Every aircraft kit is designed with a number of nut and bolt fasteners that must be properly installed to complete the project. You may...

Back in 2008, George W. Bush was president and 100LL was $2.50 a gallon. Production of 80/87 had stopped the previous year, and this...

Some of the many cool details of Steve Cogswell’s RV project from last month’s column were the fiberglass parts made to conceal various lightening...

Most milling machines have the capability to tilt the head to make angled cuts. This comes in handy when the workpiece can’t be conveniently...

OK, so we’ve got that 100-watt solar panel firmly bolted to the hangar roof. Let’s take the other pieces that we have to have...

Battery facts and fables for the aircraft builder–Part 1. By Robert L. Nuckolls, III.