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When Wear is Good

Paul Dye -
This screen is supposed to be checked at every oil change, so the paint wear should be proportional to age and hours.

Sport Class Air Racing: Rules Rewrite!

Tom Wilson -
In a strategic move sure to rattle air racing’s pylons, Sport Class Air Racing has adopted a new set of wide ranging technical specifications.

Fiberglass Magic: A Better-Fitting Rear Seat Back

Paul Dye -
How to use fiberglass magic for a better-fitting RV-type rear seatback—stronger, snugger, and finished with a satisfying “clunk.”

Adventures in Pro-Seal

Paul Dye -

Beware…. Not All H-5000-2’s Are the Same!

Paul Dye -
The part number doesn’t tell you the whole story.

Fisheyes!

Paul Dye -
Just what you hate to see after the paint dries—fish eyes!

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Exploring

Where Do Airplane Parts Come From?

Kerry Fores -
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Exploring

Dawn Patrol’s Last Hurrah

Dick Starks -
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Buyer's Guides

2025 Propeller Buyer’s Guide

LeRoy Cook -
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Builder Spotlight

Something to Crow About

Paul Dye -
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Designer's Notebook

Build, Test, Refine and Fix—Part 2: Taxi Testing

Barnaby Wainfan -
1
Exploring

Building an Addiction

Tom Wilson -
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Flight Reports

ScaleBirds P-36 Hawk

Paul Dye -
1
Exploring

Pie in the Sky

Ariana Rayment -
0
Builder Spotlight

James Aircraft’s State of the Art

Mark Timney -
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Shop Talk

Best of Both Worlds

Jon Croke -
2
Exploring

How’s Your Head?

Marc Cook -
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Builder Spotlight

Eating the Elephant

Paul Dye -
2
Exploring

The Iceman Cometh

Myron Nelson -
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Kit Bits

Leave Me Alone

Lisa Turner -
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Builder Spotlight

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 14

Jon Humberd -
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Flight Reviews

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ScaleBirds P-36 Hawk

Paul Dye -
ScaleBirds, a newcomer to the kit manufacturing scene, chose to start their line of replica fighters with one of the first all-metal U.S. military pursuit ships of WW-II—the P-36.

Kitfox Speedster 916

Marc Cook -
The feistiest Kitfox gets feistier yet.

Sling Shot

Paul Dye -
Rotax’s 916 enlivens Sling’s four-seaters.

Nothing Small About It

Tom Wilson -
The Gweduck is a hero-class Experimental three decades in the making.

On the Nose!

Paul Dye -
Lockwood’s Rotax-powered RV-9A is more than just fancy rhinoplasty.

Excess Horsepower!

Paul Dye -
Kitfox’s Super Sport gets more than new pep from Rotax’s turbocharged 916 iS.

Builder Spotlight

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Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 15

Jon Humberd -
Why is this airplane xtreme?

Something to Crow About

Paul Dye -
A visit to see how Crow builds harnesses.

James Aircraft’s State of the Art

Mark Timney -
Under new ownership, James Aircraft continues to support RV builders

Eating the Elephant

Paul Dye -
One person can’t imagine eating a whole elephant. It’s simply impossible. But the answer to the idiomatic question remains: one bite at a time!

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 14

Jon Humberd -
Out of the holding pattern, onto the panel.

Second Chance Six

Tenley Ong -
Part 13: Assessing the ailerons, learning the lathe and plotting the wiring.

The Jet A- Burning RV-9A

Dennis Parker -
Behind the scenes with the CD-155-powered RV.

Why We Built What We Did

Kitplanes -
And sometimes we bought instead of built (again).

Shop Talk

Fixing Axle Fooly

Bob Hadley -
Flat tires seem to come in clusters. You can go years without getting one, then for some reason, “boom” (actually, more like “psssss”), more flats in a month than a year or years.

Fiberglass Magic: A Better-Fitting Rear Seat Back

Paul Dye -
How to use fiberglass magic for a better-fitting RV-type rear seatback—stronger, snugger, and finished with a satisfying “clunk.”

Adventures in Pro-Seal

Paul Dye -

Beware…. Not All H-5000-2’s Are the Same!

Paul Dye -
The part number doesn’t tell you the whole story.

Fisheyes!

Paul Dye -
Just what you hate to see after the paint dries—fish eyes!

PolyGone – This Stuff Works!

Paul Dye -
I am usually disappointed when I turn to chemicals to try and ease the process of building or working on airplanes.

Exploring

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One Thing Leads to Another

Marc Cook -
It started simply enough. With a mistake. OK, maybe just a misapplication of learned behavior.

Van’s RV-9: New Rotax Power

Larry Anglisano -
Lockwood Aero’s Rotax 916iS firewall-forward package pushes the RV-9 to 190 knots.

Where Do Airplane Parts Come From?

Kerry Fores -
Building your own replacement kit parts, which is no different than scratch-building from plans, may save you money and time.

Dawn Patrol’s Last Hurrah

Dick Starks -
Knowing when to fold 'em

Building an Addiction

Tom Wilson -
The greatest of a successful builder’s attributes is an unshakable belief in tomorrow.

Pie in the Sky

Ariana Rayment -
Now that the wedding is behind us and house projects have slowed, Brian and I have more time to focus on what matters most—airplanes.

Products

Radiant Technology Unveils Taxi Camera

Cayla McLeod -
A flush camera and accompanying 7-inch LCD display grants tailwheel pilots forward visibility while taxiing.

EFIS Roundup 2024

Marc Cook -
Big screens available now.

DuraWear and UltraWear Brake Discs From Matco

Jonathan & Julia Apfelbaum -
Matco presented new DuraWear and UltraWear components which provide an upgrade to their standard brake discs and pads while maintaining the same pricing.

Tundra Tailwheels

Tom Wilson -
Tundra's line of no excuses off-road tailwheels.

NORAD and Sunglasses

Kerry Fores -

Aircraft Specialty Flightlines Brings Three New Smart Components to AirVenture

Steve Ashby -
Aircraft Specialty Flightlines, an AirVenture Veteran, has been innovating safer, more capable and easier to use components for experimental amateur aircraft builders for years.

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