Tag: experimental aviation
![Humberd and his daughter using the 701 for some farm duty transportation. [All Images Credited to Jon Humberd]](https://kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1-3.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Builder’s Spotlight")
![[Credit: Viking Aircraft Engines]](https://kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/engine.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Editor’s Log")
![Author Bill Wilson takes a break from measuring and cutting the Lexan windshield during his Onex build. [All Images Credit to Bill Wilson]](https://kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/image-2.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Think Like A Builder")
![[Credit: Chat GPT]](https://kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Generated-image.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Homebuilder’s Insurance")
![[Credit: AdobeStock]](https://kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AdobeStock_1172095184.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Editor’s Log")
![[Credit: Lisa Turner]](https://kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Inspections-scaled.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Last Bits")
![Aircraft control surface designs may include counterweights to offset and eliminate flutter. The counterweights should not be eliminated to save weight. [Credit: Kitplanes Archive]](https://kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/kitfox-s7-sti-04.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Weight and Flutter")
![The original Corben Baby Ace designed by Orland “Ace” Corben in 1929. [Credit: Wikimedia Commons]](https://kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1920px-Ace_Baby_Ace_‘N73638_25617429253-scaled.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Vintage Homebuilts: The Big Three")
![The discomfort of wearing prescription- or sunglasses under an ANR headset is eliminated with Flying Eyes. [Credit: Flying Eyes]](https://kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/FlyingEyes-Group.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Eyes Forward")
![Left to right, shiny new bulkheads, wooden form blocks, and old bulkheads. [Credit Tinley Ong]](https://kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG_3429.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Second Chance Six")
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Should A&Ps also get a repairman certificate, using multiple pilots for Phase 1 testing, putting E/AB wings on a certificated fuselage.
