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The $30,000 RV-9A
Fred Galloway is a bricklayer not a financial genius. But to those who know him around the Santa Ynez (California) airport, his airplane-building skills and, more to the point, his...
Unbreaking the Bank
...them as you would any conventional Experimental/Amateur-Built airplane and fly them as a Sport Pilot. What could be better? How about building your dream LSA on a working stiffs budget?...
Completions
...for day and night VFR and has auxiliary gas tanks. During the three years of building, I had frequent consultations with the friendly Zenith folks for advice and help conveyed...
Around the Patch
Major revisions to the so-called 51% Rule could have a dramatic-and negative-impact on homebuilding. The FAA has released the final report from the Amateur-Built Aircraft Aviation Rulemaking Committee containing plans...
Letters
...whipper-snappers (I think they’re called geeks now) who can help. Those guys are always rattling on about building their own machine out of sticks and rocks. However, it seems to...
News: On Changes to 51% Rule Guidance, VanGrunsven “Cautiously optimistic.”
...publish a draft of the revised Advisory Circulars, builders can continue their work with a clear conscience. “If you’re now building a 51% rule compliant kit, there’s no problem. The...
Update: Dan Parker's Altitude Attempt
KITPLANES readers will recall a recent article about Dan Parker and his High Flyer (January 2008 issue). He is in the process of designing and building an aircraft that he...
Rotorway’s Talon
...improved it, simplified the building process and extended the life of all of the critical components. With more than 1600 kits sold, and more than 700 flying, RotorWays line is...
The Unintimidated Builder
You have the big sunglasses and a fat watch…hey, cant fly a plane without em. You even swagger past the Cessna and Piper types, because you’re building your own airplane....
Are We There Yet?
...way. After the first year and a half of kit building, it was time to deal with the instrument panel. Rex learned to fly with the Wright brothers, I think,...
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Nuts and Bolts
Aircraft quality nuts, bolts, washers and other hardware are the right things to use if they hold the things together that keep you in the air.
The Ultimate Upgrade
With Lancair’s factory-authorized builder assistance program, new Evo owners Wendell and Martha Solesbee get a leg up on their project. Custom jigs and extra hands take weeks off the build time and ensure they’re ready for the next steps.
Flight Testing
Personnel roles, emergency contingencies, communications-there are many moving parts involved in the first flight of a homebuilt. Paul Dye catalogs them and offers a sample flight plan that worked for him.
