Table of Contents
March 2007 Issue
Cover Story
With 4000 kits sold, a million hours flown and a loyal customer base, you just knew that the Kitfox would somehow find itself back in production. It's been out after the previous company, SkyStar Aircraft, went bankrupt in 2005, leaving builders in the lurch.
Builder Spotlight
Resurrected by devotees of the design, the Kitfox Super Sport offers STOL performance and fun flying; by Ed Wischmeyer.
John Proctor rose to the challenge of putting a homebuilt biplane on amphibious floats; by Ishmael Fuentes.
Aftermarket engines--clones, if you will--have taken on a life, and identity, all their own; by Marc Cook.
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.
Builders share their successes.
Shop Talk
HKS: a four-stroke twin that makes sense; by Tim Kern.
Hey, hey 123. . .let's all use BNC; by Jim Weir.
Exploring
Volts and amps, ones and zeroes; by Marc Cook.
The new Van's RV-12 flies, and aviation e-Books arrive; edited by Mary Bernard.
Don't let your engine monitor data go to the dogs. Here's how to interpret it; by Walter Atkinson.
Improve safety and save money with high-tech engine monitoring equipment; by Cory Emberson.
The Thorp 211 gets a second chance as an LSA; by Dave Martin.
Follow these links to visit the web sites of companies you read about in the March issue.
Around the Patch
Vertical Power
Weathermeister
Dan Checkoway's RV Project
Kitfox SuperSport
Kitfox Aircraft
What's New
Van's Aircraft (RV-12)
Eggenfellner Engines
Kitplanes e-Books
The Outside Job (Clone Engines)
Aero Sport Power
Engine Components, Inc.
Lycoming
Superior Air Parts
Teledyne Mattituck
The Inside Scoop
GAMI
Advanced Pilot Seminars
EGTrends
Vital Signs (Engine Monitor Roundup)
Advanced Flight Systems
Dynon Avionics
Electronics International
Grand Rapids Technologies
I-K Technologies
J.P. Instruments
Vision Microsystems
Xerion Avionix
Engine Beat (HPower and HKS engines)
H-Power
H-Power (Japan)
Aero 'Lectrics
RST-Engineering
Light Stuff
IndUS (T211 Thorpedo)
View Reader Links from previous months:
February 2007
January 2007
Other Aviation Publications
Aviation Consumer
Aviation Safety
AvWeb
IFR Magazine
IFR Refresher
Light Plane Maintenance
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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.
