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Work of Art
...Design, the graphic design portion of the business. Evoke’s portfolio includes more than 50 EAA AirVenture award-winning homebuilts, such as Steve Thorne’s (“Flight Chops” on YouTube) Van’s RV-14. “I would...
Yellow Fever
...few are Experimentals) to transition training and backwoods instruction to guided tours. The course I attended costs $7500 for the instructor and facilities, plus between $225 and $325 an hour...
Hybrid Propulsion is Coming
...innovations. At AirVenture 2023, Aeromarine chief designer Chip Erwin even showcased a Merlin model with twin propellers embedded in the wings. Erwin promises an even bigger surprise at Oshkosh later...
Welcome to My ‘Tech Guy’ World
...need to support the product, as designed, becomes critical. I saw dangerous modifications implemented and copied. When I’d point them out, it was common to be told, “That’s why it’s...
Airing Out the Kit Question
The DarkAero project is one of relatively few new airplane designs on the horizon. Experimental aviation has been a serious thing since, well, the beginning. Orville and Wilbur were homebuilders,...
The Holy Grail of Landing Lights
...that Flyleds claims there is no power foldback, which is quite prevalent in other designs. Most competitive products have multiple LEDs that initially offer about double the light output of...
Lay It on Thick
...is used in too small of a container, the rapid hardener causes the epoxy to heat up quickly. The small container reduces the surface area for cooling. The hotter it...
Assistance for Resistance
...spotting drill (left) is used to establish the precision center for the #29 (0.136-inch) tap drill (right). The design itself is both supremely clever and ingeniously simple—an insulator with a...
A Newbie’s View
...I needed to commit), I, like so many other lovers of all things airplane, began shopping for my own bird. I quickly hit two snags: available hangar space and rapidly...
First Flight: Are You the One?
...margin. In the first few hours, you really don’t know what you don’t know. Just because you feel ready doesn’t mean the airplane is. In the past, Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft were...
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Barriers to Entry
Sometimes, when using shorthand in our conversations about Experimental aviation, we use the term...