Builder Spotlight Kitfox Super Sport Resurrected by devotees of the design, the Kitfox Super Sport offers STOL performance and fun flying; by Ed Wischmeyer. Dancing in the Clouds John Proctor rose to the challenge of putting a homebuilt biplane on amphibious floats; by Ishmael Fuentes. The Outside Job Aftermarket engines--clones, if you will--have taken on a life, and identity, all their own; by Marc Cook. 2007 Engine Directory In an expanding market, there are lots of new choices; compiled by Julia Downie. The 18-Day Sportsman: The Reckoning Any project will ultimately cost more than you think. So think bigger; by Marc Cook. Completions Builders share their successes. Shop Talk Engine Beat HKS: a four-stroke twin that makes sense; by Tim Kern. Aero 'Lectrics Hey, hey 123. . .let's all use BNC; by Jim Weir. Designer's Notebook Wind Tunnel Understanding adverse yaw; by Barnaby Wainfan. Exploring Around the Patch Volts and amps, ones and zeroes; by Marc Cook. What's New The new Van's RV-12 flies, and aviation e-Books arrive; edited by Mary Bernard. The Inside Scoop Don't let your engine monitor data go to the dogs. Here's how to interpret it; by Walter Atkinson. Vital Signs Improve safety and save money with high-tech engine monitoring equipment; by Cory Emberson. Light Stuff The Thorp 211 gets a second chance as an LSA; by Dave Martin. Kit Bits Contributors Letters Sportplanes Advertising Section List of Advertisers Builders' Marketplace The Classified Builder Kit Stuff Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.
Advanced Flight Systems' Rob Hickman details the company's new 5000-series big screen EFIS at Oshkosh 2010.
Spidertracks introduced a new, smaller, less expensive GPS tracker here at Oshkosh 2010. Rachel Donald explains the main features of the unit and the website that supports it.
CubCrafter's Randy Lervold gives us the skinny on the new Carbon Cub Adventure package introduced here at Oshkosh.
Glasair Aviation’s Mikael Via introduces the new turbocharged, carbon-fiber-bodied Sportsman TC at Oshkosh 2010.
KITPLANES interviews Jeremy Monnett after the roll-out of the light, efficient, single-seat Onex at Oshkosh 2010.
KITPLANES' exclusive video highlighting the Europa Monowheel built by Kim Prout. His Europa is one of the highest-time examples in the U.S., and amply shows off the superb combination of agility and utility.
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