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How To Bend Tubing Without a Tube Bender
...A second attempt was made after packing the tube with sand, the theory being that sand will prevent the tube from collapsing. While the sand helped, the tube still kinked....
Las Cruces Confidential
...engine rebuild when turning the wick up all the way on a highly boosted Sport Gold engine. This is such a factor that at Las Cruces Tom showed up with...
Why Is My Airplane Slow?
...real handy for this problem. I found myself continually checking the power settings, and I even started to wonder if the 1200-hour engine was getting tired. The power settings showed...
Sonex Approves Gross-Weight Increase
...an engine of 100 hp or more. Flight testing was carried out with an AeroVee Turbo and 100-hp Rotax 912 and, according to the company, will also include models powered...
Kitfox Speedster 916
...manifold pressure and 5800 engine rpm. Soon after liftoff, you can reset to flaps up and pull the prop back to 5500 rpm, where the engine sloughs off a few...
Let Me Down Easy
Your engine just quit. Time to trim for best glide and search for a place to set down. Or you could let the Dynon Emergency Glide feature do it for...
Las Cruces Sport Qualifying
...Andrew Findlay ran into injector issues thanks to minor debris floating around the fuel system. This is not uncommon on race engines that are frequently opened for inspection and tuning....
The Maine Attraction
Landing by a pilot friend’s house on Moosehead Lake in the winter is sure to bring out the neighbors (and their dogs). As I pulled the mixture out, the engine...
Second Chance Six
...completed the second half of the ignition system. All top plugs are fired by a Light Speed Engineering electronic ignition, with the coils mounted on top of the engine spine...
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Build It Better: What’s Your Backup Plan?
The word “redundancy” is often heard in aviation, and with good reason. But a well-thought-out backup plan involves more than just having two of everything.
Aero ‘lectrics
Jim Weir describes some close encounters with power regulators of the plastic and metal-can kind.