Builder Spotlight Builder Profile: Fly on One…You’ll Understand. Matt Hlavac’s open-air Breezy is a simple, fun way to fly … and, oh, the view! By Mary Bernard. Builder Profile: Fred & Pam’s Great Big Airplane Adventure Fred Darnell’s Murphy Super Rebel Moose is a real heavy hauler, and a pussycat to fly. By Bill Repucci. Build a Bear: Taking Stock The big truck bringing Dave Prizio’s Texas Sport Cub arrives, and the inventory and painting processes begin. The Home Machinist All tapped out? Bob Fritz lets you in on his secrets for retrieving broken, over-torqued and stripped screw heads. The Independence Project: Tackling the Tail Dave Martin and the builders of Chapter 292 break out the rivet guns and bucking bars, and work on the RV-12 tail. Flight Testing: Static System Error, Theory and Practice Flight testing requires precise airspeed calibration and measurement. A less-than-optimal pitot-static system can compromise those numbers. Here’s how to troubleshoot the problem. By Kevin Horton. Completions Builders share their successes. Shop Talk Shop Talk: V-Block Drill Jig from Scrap Having problems drilling a precise hole in a tube? Ishmael Fuentes has the perfect–and inexpensive–solution with this nifty, easy-to-make V-block drill jig. Aero ’Lectrics If you’ve got sticker shock after shopping for a main electrical system junction box, Jim Weir will ease your pain with a junction box you can build (and a cool color-coding system, to boot). Designer's Notebook Wind Tunnel Got separation anxiety? Vortex generators can keep the airflow attached where it belongs. By Barnaby Wainfan. Exploring Around the Patch Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook explodes the not-invented-here myth, and explores what makes our panel equipment ergonomically sound…or not. What’s New Belite Aircraft’s prototype meets Part 103 weight requirements; Continental Motors unveils the new O-200 Lightweight Engine for Light Sport and kit aircraft. Edited by Mary Bernard. 25th Anniversary: Engine Monitoring Comes of Age What’s happening behind that firewall? Marc Cook traces the lineage of engine monitors over the past 25 years. Buzz Words: Understanding Dihedral Effect While certified airplanes have to meet Part 23 requirements for positive dihedral, amateur-built airplanes are exempt. Ed Kolano looks into the details of dihedral, and how you can use it to your airborne advantage. Down to Earth Music to a mother’s ears. Amy Laboda preps the family Kitfox for her older daughter’s primary training. Experimotive What’s in Jean, Nevada? Most of the year, not much. But when the alternative engine crowd comes to town, the place starts to buzz. By Rick Lindstrom. Engine Beat Steve Ells explains the science of alternators, and offers some tips for understanding and troubleshooting problems with the system. Ask the DAR DAR Mel Asberry clarifies what notification the FAA expects when a prop has been changed. His advice? Treat it like a major mod. Light Stuff The Texas Sport Cub is the latest in a line of planes with the venerable Cub lineage. Dave Martin flies one and discusses the various licensing options available. Kit Bits Letters List of Advertisers Builders' Marketplace The Classified Builder Kit Stuff Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha. Download KITPLANES® in PDF Download the complete October 2009 issue of KITPLANES® in one PDF file.
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KITPLANES sits down with Advanced Flight Systems' founder Rob Hickman to examine his new synthetic-vision EFIS.
JPI's Lance Turk explains the features of the new JPI EDM-740.
Ever wonder what it takes to be the largest kit manufacturer in the world? KITPLANES editor Marc Cook takes a tour of Van's Aircraft in Aurora, Oregon.
KITPLANES editor Marc Cook visits Matco Manufacturing near Salt Lake City to see how the company's brakes, wheels and master cylinders are built.
Get an inside look at how Dynon builds and tests its electronic flight instruments.
Kitplanes Magazine contributor Ed Kolano takes a first look at the Sherpa utility aircraft.
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