DeltaHawk Studies Hydrogen Power
DeltaHawk Engines announced today that it is launching an effort to run its two-stroke, four-cylinder compression-ignition engine on hydrogen. The company says that it...
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Stick Bushing
Things that move wear out. That’s buried in a law of physics I once learned having to do with entropy. In this case, that...
Cleaveland Tool’s Novel Outreach
The recent slowdown of Van's Aircraft due to issues with laser-cut parts and the ongoing internal review of the business (due to run through...
GAMI G100UL Unleaded Avgas Flying in a Van’s RV-14
Considering the agita surrounding the long-running search for a lead replacement in avgas, it's not surprising that it's often overlooked that GAMI's G100UL unleaded,...
Kitfox Aircraft Factory Tour
While the KITPLANES crew was horsing around in Homedale, Idaho, flying the riotously fun Super Sport with the Rotax 916 aboard, Kitfox owner John...
Plug That Hole!
Got an extra hole in your baffles? In this case, we were removing an unused purge valve return line that had penetrated the baffles...
Flight Review: Kitfox Super Sport with Rotax’s Turbo 916
KITPLANES editor at large Paul Dye took a couple of flights with Brandon Petersen in his Kitfox Series 7 Super Sport powered by the...
Brandon and Heather Petersen’s Kitfox Super Sport
Want to know what it's like to build a Kitfox Super Sport? Brandon and Heather Petersen crafted the airplane on our recent cover, which...
Van’s Aircraft Announces Recovery Plan
Van’s Aircraft founder Richard VanGrunsven today announced changes at the company aimed at addressing “serious cash flow issues, which must be addressed quickly to...
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Major restoration of a 34-year-old Experimental, fabricating an engine from raw materials.
