KITPLANES Staff Out the Door, Lakeland Bound
If you get our voicemail or email auto-responder starting, oh...about...now, it's because the KITPLANES staff and contributors are making their way from wherever they...
News: Australian Stimulus Package—Jabiru Engines On Sale
As the car ads say, "for a limited time only..." Jabiru's U.S. importers have announced that the 2200 and 3300 engines are being offered...
The Home Machinist: Routers Redux
Occasionally I receive a letter from a reader that offers an insight a bit beyond the expected. An especially well-informed source, Rawson M. (great...
News: Cheap(er) Cubs for Sun 'n Fun
American Legend Aircraft has just announced special pricing for both its ready-to-fly Light Sport aircraft and the kitbuilt Texas Sport Cub. The airplanes are...
Marc's Sportsman: Fun and Games With Pitot and Static
Every two years, as regular as rain on Saturday in Seattle, we're supposed to test the pitot-static system and confirm that the transponder and...
News: Lancair Continues Flight Testing Its Evolution, Releases Prelim Performance Stats
Lancair continues to put hours (and now four flights) on its Evolution turboprop in the run up to Sun 'n Fun. According to the...
Amy's RV-10: Just Rewards
I knew it would run eventually; I just didn't know when. I thought that the leaking right fuel tank would slow our RV-10 build...
Oshkosh and Sun 'n Fun Too Far Away?
Spring is upon us, and you’re itching to go fly to an airshow, but fuel prices and travel time are holding you back. There’s...
New Products: Garmin Introduces GPSMAP495
Two weeks before Sun 'n Fun, Garmin has introduced a new model to its portable GPS lineup, the GPSMAP495. While rumors have been circulating...
Marc’s Sportsman: The Annual, Exhausted Already
One thing I knew would happen this annual: The pesky, albeit very small, exhaust leak that I found at the last oil change would...
In Case You Missed It
Light Stuff
The author reviews the Kappa KP-5 LSA, imported by Kappa Aircraft from the Czech Republic. This is a conventional, low-wing, trigear configuration airplane, with a staggered seating arrangement that allows more room for each occupant, while keeping the cockpit narrow. The KP-5 is powered by a 100-horsepower Rotax 912 ULS engine and a Woodcomp three-blade prop, and has a useful load of 583 pounds. Full-power airspeed is stated as 138 mph. Avionics equipment includes a Dynon EFIS and engine monitor, Garmin GPSMAP 496 and Garmin transponder.
Wind Tunnel
Last month we took a look at using hinge-line offset to aerodynamically balance control...
Cracks, Both Foreign and Domestic
Perhaps like me, you missed the big show this year. That is, they ran...
The Home Machinist
Charlie Taylor, the Wright brothers trusted right-hand man and machinist, made their early powered flight experiments possible. And he built the engine using only a drill press, a lathe, a simple scale and more than a little ingenuity; by Bob Fritz.