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How the Pros Do It: Ripley Air
...sheet. With clear panels, all the pilot needs is a flashlight to see everything in the rear fuselage. Peek-a-boo baggage bin. Pros know airshow performance is a business. The goal...
How the Pros Do It: Jim Kimball Enterprises
Have you ever been deeply immersed in a shop task and mumbled to yourself, “There must be a better way”? You’re not alone. The truth is that aircraft fabrication...
How the Pros do It: Maule, Part 2
Have you ever been deeply immersed in a shop task and mumbled to yourself, “There must be a better way”? You’re not alone. The truth is that aircraft fabrication professionals...
How the Pros Do It: Maule, Part 1
Have you ever been deeply immersed in a shop task and mumbled to yourself, “There must be a better way”? You’re not alone. The truth is that aircraft fabrication professionals...
2014 Engine Buyer’s Guide
English race car mechanics often refer to the engine in their race car as “the lump.” Most of those lads are chassis oriented, and “the lump” sums up their attitude...
Custom Fluid Lines
...that last step meant that I was involved in the process, but the final outcome met professional standards of quality, safety, and appearance. The table summarizes the pros and cons...
Drill Blocks
Drill blocks can be made from a variety of materials and take on many different shapes. Fig. 1 Watch carefully next time one of the old pros makes a hole...
Build Your Own Hangar Doors
...still available commercially, for single hangar or residential hangars, there are essentially two preferred choices: bi-fold doors or swinging doors. Each has pros and cons, but door vendors tell us...
Firewall Forward: Engine Instruments
...your ammeter shunt, depending on what you wish to monitor. All three locations have their pros and cons. Just be sure to understand what you are measuring in your aircraft....
The Owner Assisted Interior
...the pocket? In the rounded- versus square-corner debate, each side has pros and cons. The square corner option provides the most area for the dimensions, but square corners of sheet...
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Engine Beat
The Rotax 912 engine has become ubiquitous in homebuilt aviation, and now a company has found a way to improve its fuel efficiency. By Steve Ells.
Cylinder Hones and Honing
Honing and lapping are similar inasmuch as both employ abrasive action to remove metal...