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Homespun Router Table

Shop Talk

Where’s the Best Place To Build?

Shop Talk

Common In-Flight Failures, Part 2

Exploring

Venturing the Cup

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The Process

Paul Dye - November 18, 2024

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

Paul Dye - November 5, 2024

Kits these days are pretty good, as are their instructions. When they tell you...

Hurricane Helene Relief Effort with a Can-Do Attitude

Bill Repucci - November 1, 2024

We Have a Fixture!

Paul Dye - October 30, 2024

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!

Las Cruces Confidential

Tom Wilson - October 25, 2024

With so much new at Las Cruces last weekend there are details behind the racing worth noting.

Las Cruces A Win

Tom Wilson - October 24, 2024

From a Sport Class air racing perspective the Las Cruces Air and Space Expo held last weekend was a great success.

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Unlabeled Switch and Circuit Breakers

Vic Syracuse - November 8, 2024

Flapjacks and Fly-Ins

Myron Nelson - November 7, 2024

Builder Spotlight

EFIS Roundup 2024

Marc Cook - November 4, 2024

Designer's Notebook

Iterate, Modify and Fix

Barnaby Wainfan - November 2, 2024

Builder Spotlight

Building a Composite Fuel Tank

Eric Stewart - October 31, 2024

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Pursuing Perfection

Steve Ashby - October 29, 2024

How To Bend Tubing Without a Tube Bender

Bob Hadley - October 27, 2024

Why Is My Airplane Slow?

Vic Syracuse - October 25, 2024

Kitfox Speedster 916

Marc Cook - October 23, 2024

Let Me Down Easy

Marc Cook - October 21, 2024

Builder Spotlight

The Maine Attraction

Lincoln Benedict - October 18, 2024

Designer's Notebook

Magic Configurations

Barnaby Wainfan - October 16, 2024

Builder Spotlight

Second Chance Six

Tenley Ong - October 15, 2024

Pledge a Frat

Kerry Fores - October 14, 2024

Kitbuilding as Easy as Child’s Play

Jon Croke - October 13, 2024

Flight Reviews

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Kitfox Speedster 916

Marc Cook - October 23, 2024

The feistiest Kitfox gets feistier yet.

Sling Shot

Paul Dye - September 28, 2024

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

Nothing Small About It

Tom Wilson - February 29, 2024

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

On the Nose!

Paul Dye - January 31, 2024

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

Excess Horsepower!

Paul Dye - October 30, 2023

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

Ryan ST vs. Timber Tiger ST-L

Dewey Davenport - October 12, 2023

Can a modern replica actually be better than a classic original?

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EFIS Roundup 2024

Marc Cook - November 4, 2024

Big screens available now.

Building a Composite Fuel Tank

Eric Stewart - October 31, 2024

How to keep it lightweight and leak-free.

Pursuing Perfection

Steve Ashby - October 29, 2024

What it takes to build an AirVenture Grand Champion.

The Maine Attraction

Lincoln Benedict - October 18, 2024

Flying a GlaStar on skis in the Pine Tree State.

Second Chance Six

Tenley Ong - October 15, 2024

Part 11: Starting to wire my Advanced Flight Systems panel, installing a new fuel selector and more!

How Many Times Can You Drill Through the Same Finger?

Mike Davenport - October 12, 2024

(Or how to build a Zenith CH 750 in just 11 years)

Behind the Scenes Access

Andrew Robinson - October 11, 2024

Creating access panels in your airplane.

The Stanley Screamer is One Sleek Sherpa!

Sparky Barnes - October 10, 2024

“I may never be able to buy an airplane…but maybe I can build one!” —Dale Stanley

Shop Talk

The Process

Paul Dye - November 18, 2024

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

Where’s the Best Place To Build?

Jon Croke - November 13, 2024

You and your airplane kit deserve a comfortable workshop area for the many days...

Common In-Flight Failures, Part 2

Vic Syracuse - November 11, 2024

Unlabeled Switch and Circuit Breakers

Vic Syracuse - November 8, 2024

Fear Not the Rivet Cutter

Paul Dye - November 5, 2024

We Have a Fixture!

Paul Dye - October 30, 2024

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!

Exploring

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Homespun Router Table

Kerry Fores - November 15, 2024

I’m drawn to the simple, low-cost end of the airplane market. The first airplane...

Venturing the Cup

Tom Wilson - November 10, 2024

Started in 1997 by Eric Whyte and Erik Anderson, the AirVenture Cup offers its...

Flapjacks and Fly-Ins

Myron Nelson - November 7, 2024

One of the most enjoyable and useful “tools” is membership in a local chapter of the EAA.

Let Me Down Easy

Marc Cook - October 21, 2024

Emergency Glide is a valuable tool to give the pilot some breathing room to troubleshoot in the air and have the controlled descent handled by the EFIS.

Pledge a Frat

Kerry Fores - October 14, 2024

Building time.

Kitbuilding as Easy as Child’s Play

Jon Croke - October 13, 2024

Plane and simple.

Products

EFIS Roundup 2024

Marc Cook - November 4, 2024

Big screens available now.

DuraWear and UltraWear Brake Discs From Matco

Jonathan & Julia Apfelbaum - July 29, 2024

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 - July 29, 2024

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

NORAD and Sunglasses

Kerry Fores - July 28, 2024

Aircraft Specialty Flightlines Brings Three New Smart Components to AirVenture

Steve Ashby - July 26, 2024

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

Hoses? We’ve got Hoses!

Paul Dye - July 25, 2024

Tom Swearingen has been making hose assemblies for homebuilders for quite a few years now and is well known for quality custom work done very fast.

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