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Eating the Elephant

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Exploring

The Iceman Cometh

Kit Bits

Leave Me Alone

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Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 14

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Second Chance Six

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Sonex Hopes to Fly High Wing By Spring

Marc Cook - January 30, 2025

The High Wing prototype is expected to fly soon.

Webinar: Zenith Aircraft Kits & Plans

Kitplanes - January 30, 2025

Zenith Aircraft's Sebastien Heintz and Roger Dubbert will present a live webinar as part of the...

Sonex Highwing Update Webinar

Kitplanes - January 25, 2025

Get all the latest information about the Sonex Highwing this Thursday, January 30th during EAA Homebuilders Week.

Dummy Loads

Paul Dye - January 24, 2025

You may have heard horror stories of blowing up your radio if you hit that PTT without an antenna installed.

Trimming a Tube Square

Paul Dye - January 22, 2025

Easy Servo Wiring Trick

Paul Dye - January 21, 2025

If you are wiring up a typical Ray Allen trim servo, you know that the two “power” wires to the motor are both white.

Video Series

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Wire You Surprised?

Jim Weir - January 25, 2025

Seeing Wright

Tom Wilson - January 20, 2025

Nuclear Certified String

Kerry Fores - January 17, 2025

Designer's Notebook

Build, Test, Refine and Fix—Part 1: Ground Tests

Barnaby Wainfan - January 15, 2025

IV Tube for Crankcase Ventilation

Bob Hadley - January 13, 2025

Master Caution

Myron Nelson - January 12, 2025

Wanted: Engine Competition

Marc Cook - January 10, 2025

2025 Engine Buyer’s Guide

Tom Wilson - January 6, 2025

A Baker’s Dozen

Vic Syracuse - January 6, 2025

Builder Spotlight

The Jet A- Burning RV-9A

Dennis Parker - January 5, 2025

Precious Metal

Ariana Rayment - January 3, 2025

Buying an Unfinished Project

Jon Croke - January 1, 2025

The “Flying by Feel” Fallacy

Paul Dye - December 30, 2024

2025 Homebuilt Aircraft Buyer’s Guide

Kitplanes - December 23, 2024

Builder Spotlight

Why We Built What We Did

Kitplanes - December 22, 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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Eating the Elephant

Paul Dye - February 4, 2025

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 - January 29, 2025

Out of the holding pattern, onto the panel.

Second Chance Six

Tenley Ong - January 27, 2025

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

The Jet A- Burning RV-9A

Dennis Parker - January 5, 2025

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

Why We Built What We Did

Kitplanes - December 22, 2024

And sometimes we bought instead of built (again).

Ten Things That Will Have an Impact on Insurance

Scott "Sky" Smith - December 7, 2024

In today’s market you might not be able to get insurance for the plane you want or the premium might be more than you want to spend.

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 13

Jon Humberd - November 24, 2024

Things to do while in the holding pattern.

Second Chance Six

Tenley Ong - November 20, 2024

Part 12: Final painted parts, installing wings and things, autopilot servos.

Shop Talk

Wire You Surprised?

Jim Weir - January 25, 2025

There are three basic methods of marking your wires so that 10 years from now you’ll be able to go back and track down trouble.

Trimming a Tube Square

Paul Dye - January 22, 2025

We’ve been fitting the canopy frame to the F1 Rocket project this week, and...

Easy Servo Wiring Trick

Paul Dye - January 21, 2025

If you are wiring up a typical Ray Allen trim servo, you know that the two “power” wires to the motor are both white.

Hand to Hand with a Bending Board

Paul Dye - January 18, 2025

You’d think that with a quick-build fuselage, the factory could have made a frame that matched.

IV Tube for Crankcase Ventilation

Bob Hadley - January 13, 2025

Recently, my neighbor Ed needed a part to upgrade the installation of his crankcase breather/oil separator kit.

A Baker’s Dozen

Vic Syracuse - January 6, 2025

Vic shares his decision process for both choosing another RV-10 as well as choosing some of the “upgrades.”

Exploring

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The Iceman Cometh

Myron Nelson - February 2, 2025

Every pilot who has ever experienced icing conditions will remember their first time.

Seeing Wright

Tom Wilson - January 20, 2025

I just never expected to have such an aviation episode while navigating my stairwell.

Nuclear Certified String

Kerry Fores - January 17, 2025

No one wants a nuclear explosion triggered or hindered by string.

Master Caution

Myron Nelson - January 12, 2025

My original intent for this month’s treatise was to produce the first installment of my upcoming Kitfox build series, which I have been greatly looking forward to. However, as often happens in life, life itself got in the way.

Wanted: Engine Competition

Marc Cook - January 10, 2025

Imagine a time not too long ago when pilots embarking on the delicious endeavor to build their own airplanes could consider multiple sources for just about any engine on the menu.

Precious Metal

Ariana Rayment - January 3, 2025

My wedding might not make it into Vogue, but I’ll be damned if it doesn’t make it into KITPLANES!

Products

Radiant Technology Unveils Taxi Camera

Cayla McLeod - December 3, 2024

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

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.

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