Which Control Stick?

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Refining the control stick for the F1 Rocket—a balance of comfort, clearance, and decades of piloting perspective.

The Master’s Kiss

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Make your flush rivets fit perfectly.

Just a Little Squeeze

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The horizontal stabilizer on our F1 Rocket (like most RV-type aircraft) has a very thin profile—a symmetric airfoil with a finely pointed nose. Getting...

Polished or Unpolished?

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An unpolished rivet set will leave a mark.

Model What?

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You see, it's all in the “suffix.”

The Process

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To the uninitiated, it looks like it’ll be done soon, doesn’t it? But “The Process” still has a long way to go.

Fear Not the Rivet Cutter

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Kits these days are pretty good, as are their instructions. When they tell you to use an AD4-7 rivet in a particular hole, it's...

We Have a Fixture!

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I needed a fixture – and I decided that I’d just “Go Big” ad make it out of steel. This baby isn’t going anywhere!

Twelve Volts Anywhere, Anytime

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A handy tool to have in the shop, avoiding a bunch of random long wires that always seem to get in the way.

Weighing an RV-10

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It’s time to roll the plane up on a set of calibrated scales.

In Case You Missed It

Letters

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Hummel We Go Along I just received the January 2009, KITPLANES and was surprised...

What’s New

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MGL Avionics offers new touchscreen iEFIS, SkyVision Xtreme introduces a fully portable ADS-B In/Out system, and Worx SD SemiAutomatic Driver debuts.

Jabiru Dipstick Removal Tool

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The oil quantity in my Jabiru 2200 is just a little over two...

Letters

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It Floats Your Boat Reader Chet Moen expresses interest in using an outboard powerhead...