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Garmin GTR 205X At AirVenture
We check in with Garmin’s Brad Bensing for an overview of the new slimline GTR 205x comm radio aimed at experimental aircraft. More information: www.garmin.com...
More on the Sonex Highwing
...airplane will feature a strutless wing design and options for single or dual stick configurations as well as tricycle gear and conventional gear options. The company hopes to have completed...
Oshkosh Diary: It Starts!
...flying with the various systems that have become more and more available in the GA and Experimental worlds, and the enthusiasm of the instructors for the program was infectious. We...
Four Decades Old, Look At Us Now
...internet. Experimental aircraft—homebuilts, whether built from kits or plans—were nothing new, but Shattuck recognized that the segment was really starting to blossom. Not only had homebuilts continued to capture the...
Sonex Rolls Out Highwing Protoype
...cargo capacity and more fuel than their existing two-place airframes, the Sonex-B, Waiex-B and Xenos-B. The design, however, retains a popular feature of those designs, removable (strutless) wings. Other design...
She Made It Here (This Year)!
...the show today and they are receiving visitors on the northeast corner of Brugge and EZ Street. The VariViggen was Burt Rutan’s first canard design, ensuring its spot in history....
Cicaré 8 Kit Helicopter Debuts at AirVenture
...from Italy to Argentina at age 19 to start and build what is now the storied Cicaré Helicopter Company. Cicaré has been designing and building helicopters for the Argentinian civilian...
Near Perfect, But Nothing Fancy
...one repairing and building certified engines, which makes up about 70 percent of the overall business, plus the experimental engine work making up the remaining 30 percent. The certified and...
Oshkosh Diary: Let’s Fly!
...their first Tsi with the same engine. Certified in the Experimental-Exhibition category, they only had five-hour Phase 1 test periods, and were flown in less than twenty-four hours – and...
Slap an Engine On It and Go Fly!
...thing is as cute as a bug. I wanna fly it!” For those not familiar with it, the Starlet was designed by Lou Stolp. The name may be familiar as...
In Case You Missed It
Pondering Powerplants
Since the beginning, homebuilders have gazed upon the engine lurking under the cowl of a certified light aircraft and thought, There has got to be a better way. Rick Lindstrom looks at several aeromotive engine conversions, from the practical to the semi-exotic.
Give Me a Brake
When his Zenith CH 701 wouldn't stay put during runup and tended to roll on an incline, builder Chuck Deiterich came up with a do-it-yourself solution.