Table of Contents
July 2013 Issue
Flight Reports
The Lancair Turbine Evolution might be the ultimate Experimental kit aircraft. By Doug Rozendaal.
Builder Spotlight
Building a replica Sopwith Pup from scratch is not for the faint of heart. By Wes Jones.
Grand Rapids Technologies FLIR provides an extra margin of safety for night ops. By Paul Dye.
Perking up the performance of a Glasair Sportsman
Power Flow exhaust shows a measureable efficiency gain over the standard system. By Dave Prizio.
Not finding any commercial doors to his like or budget, the author built his own. By Nolan Bradbury.
What the homebuilder should know about oil coolers. By Tom Wilson.
Building a hoist allows a builder to construct a full-span wing assembly inside his house–and keep it out of the family’s way. By John Fletcher.
Firewall Forward: Engine Instruments
How to sort through the maze of instrumentation choices. By Dave Prizio.
Recertifying a Homebuilt after major changes. Changing the gross weight when putting a Rans S6S on floats. By Mel Asberry.
Builders share their successes.
Exploring
With so many different types of Experimental/kit aircraft available, Paul Dye explains how KITPLANES tries to include something of interest for everyone.
Buzzwords: Human Factors—The Basics
Small design considerations can have a big impact on comfort, convenience and safety. By Edward P. Kolano.
The Grand Unified Airplane: Is it possible to extract energy from the act of flight itself? By Dean Sigler.
What’s New: Garmin’s Bold Experimental Push
New equipment from Garmin’s Team X is tailored to the experimental builder’s budget. By Paul Dye.
Freedom from airports: takeoffs off and landings where there aren’t normal runways. By Roy Beisswenger.
Which way do you lean? Techniques for improving performance by using the mixture control. By Paul Dye.
Kit Bits
Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.
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What's New: Garmin's Bold Experimental Push
Garmin International Inc.
Highly Evolved: Lancair Turbine Evolution
Lancair International
Building a Sopwith Pup
Replicraft
Evans Lightplane Designer's Handbook
Aircraft Technical Support
Valley Engineering, LLC
Seeing in the Dark
Grand Rapids Technologies, Inc.
Perking Up Performance
Power Flow Systems, Inc.
Build Your Own Hangar Doors
Palram Americas
Schweiss Doors
Wilson Industrial Doors
Oil Cooler 101
Pacific Oil Cooler Service, Inc.
Aero-Classics, Inc.
Homebuilding in the House
Earthstar Aircraft
Firewall Forward: Engine Instruments
Advanced Flight Systems
Dynon Avionics
Electronics International Inc.
Garmin International Inc.
Grand Rapids Technologies, Inc.
J.P. Instruments Inc.
Alternative Energies: The Grand Unified Airplane
Graphene's Solar Cell Potential
Highgate Systems
Innowattech
Nobel Prize Winning Paper on Graphene
Down to Earth: Why You Need a Builder's Book
Tim Olson RV-10 Page
National Transportation Safety Board
AOPA Safety Publications/Articles
TCW Technologies, LLC
Light Stuff: Freedom from Airports
Recreational Aviation Foundation
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Diesel engines are beginning to make tiny inroads into the Experimental aircraft market, although they're a ways from gaining market share. At the Aero show in Friedsrichshafen, KITPLANES saw an interesting three-cylinder model from a company called FlyEco.
New side-by-side testing by Rotax reveals that the 912iS yields substantially better fuel economy than the company originally claimed. In this exclusive KITPLANES video, Rotax's Alexander Mitter reveals the test details.
We get a detailed look at Garmin's new G3X package. Paul Bertorelli talks to Garmin's Jim Alpiser at the Aero show in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
At Sun 'n Fun 2013, KITPLANES editor Paul Dye flew his RV-3 into Lakeland. In this video, he gives us a tour of the airplane's unique design and construction.
Superior Air Parts is showing the new XP-400, a 215 hp variant of the popular four-cylinder powerplant.
Zenith Aircraft introduced a new version of its CH750, the Cruzer. It's intended to be faster than the STOL version of this airplane.
