20 Years Coming

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The airplane is a fancy, interesting mix of new build and period-correct graphics, instrumentation and intent.

Product Minute: JPI EDM730

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JPI's Lance Turk explains the features of the new JPI EDM-740, an Experimental-only engine monitor with full systems capabilities, including fuel level.

How the Pros Do It: How Diamond Builds Composite Airplanes

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Just like the homebuilder in the garage but with expensive tooling and more friends than you can muster on a Saturday to help with...

Scout ADS-B

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A pocket sized, dual-band ADS-B receiver has just been released by ForeFlight called "Scout."  This may be one of the smallest off-the-shelf solutions available...

KITPLANES Announces New Online Classifieds

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KITPLANES is proud to announce a new and expanded online classified site with FREE ads to individuals who have aircraft or projects for sale....

Rich’s Coffee Bar

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There’s a new addition to the homebuilt camping Pavilion this year—a lean-to structure with plumbing and electricity that serves as a camp kitchen (but...

A New Spin on Plane Power

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http://www.msquaredaircraft.com/ While this M-Squared ultralight may not look like a Mazda RX-8 sports car, its powerplant does share the same rotary-engine technology, with a single-rotor mill that made five big guys strain to hold it back during a runup test in Paradise City. So power, apparently, isn't lacking.Better still, M-Squared boss Paul Mather (second from left) tells us he's shooting for an engine-and-all price for this machine in the $15,000 range.…

Picture This: Fly Your Pattern in PreFlight Planning

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Flight planners found on the Internet all have their own special niche. Some are designed to cater to the jet-set, and others are just...

It’s an AirVenture Wedding For Kitplanes Writer!

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KITPLANES writer Katie Bosman (Fix these broken wings!, November 2014) and her long-time boyfriend, Ben Krotje gathered about 40 close friends and family to...

40 Years Of RANS Aircraft—An Interview With Randy Schlitter

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Our colleague Paul Bertorelli over at AVweb spoke with RANS’ Randy Schlitter prior to AirVenture this year. Randy will concede there may be as...

In Case You Missed It

Checkpoints

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Back courses and billy goats.

Plane and Simple

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Locate that hole-precisely!

What’s New

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AirGizmos offers new gadgets, RDD Enterprises makes speed brakes for the Vans RV-10, and AeroLEDs offers LED-based nav/strobe lights; edited by Mary Bernard.

Engine Update

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UL Power engines have gained popularity in the homebuilt community in recent years. Marc Cook takes a closer look at the Belgian-made line and the people behind it.