Table of Contents
February 2010 Issue
Annual Directory, Part 3
If your taste in aviation runs to the rotor, dig in to this year’s edition of the Rotorcraft Buyer’s Guide which features a panoply of helicopter and gyrocopter models you can build from a kit or from scratch. Compiled by Cory Emberson.
Flight Reports
Bush plane? Heck, yeah! Bill Repucci flies Just Aircraft’s strong, tough and fun Highlander.
Builder Spotlight
Builder Survey: Wilderness Calling
Lucky 13: RANS S-7 Coyote builders tell KITPLANES about their building, company support and flying experiences. By Mary Bernard.
Build a Bear: Some Assembly Required
Much more than Tab A into Slot B: Team Prizio assembles the Texas Sport Cub. By Dave Prizio.
Builders share their successes.
Shop Talk
Jim Weir’s lifetime’s worth of tinkering has produced a definitive list of electronics parts suppliers, and he’s willing to share.
Designer's Notebook
Airplanes are surprisingly flexible, and changes in their shape can affect aerodynamic characteristics. Barnaby Wainfan explains how the two are coupled.
Exploring
Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook comments on Zenith Aircraft’s turbulent year following several in-flight breakups of CH 601XL Zodiac aircraft, and the company’s response with an extensive update kit.
Garmin expands online training and Sky-Tec introduces ST5 starters for Continentals. Edited by Mary Bernard.
ADS-B and Experimental Aircraft
More acronyms? Amy Laboda details the integration of ADS-B into the ATC system, and what it means for the Experimental aviation community.
Inspecting your filter after an oil change is a good idea, but what tool is best for opening the can? Bob Fritz tests the gamut of oil filter cutters so that you don’t have to.
Removing your oil filter is not nearly as easy as putting it on. Steve Ells shows you how to take it off without turning your workshop into a Hazmat site.
Can a powered parachute be classified as Experimental/Exhibition if it missed the ELSA deadline? By Mel Asberry.
LSAs are fun, and being able to make that water landing—and takeoff—in one is even more enjoyable. Join Dave Martin as he samples the Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey LSX.
Kit Bits
Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.
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Web Links in this Issue
Follow these links to visit the web sites of companies you read about in the February issue.
RANS
RANS Aircraft
RANS Builders' Websites:
Frank Beeler
Peter Cowan
Carol Ann Garratt
Rick McBride
Greg Swingle Video of the S-7
Greg Swingle Alaska trip photos
Ollie Washburn
ADS-B
FAA Rulemaking Docket
Highlander
Just Aircraft Highlander
Build a Bear: Texas Sport Cub
American Legend Aircraft Company
Engine Beat
Sacramento Sky Ranch
AeroLectrics
Alfa Electronics
A1 Parts
Abra
ACP Surplus
All Electronics
All Spectrum
All Tronics
American Science & Surplus (formerly Jerryco)
Apex
C&H Surplus
Cascade Surplus
CS Sales
Debco
Derf
Distel
EEM
ELE
Electronic Part Supply
Electronix Express
Electronix
Excess Solutions
Frys
Futurlec
Gateway
Goldmine
Herbach
Hosfelt
HSC
IMA
Marlin P. Jones
MECI
Memotronics
Memphis Surplus
Midwest Surplus
Murphy’s Surplus
Nebraska Surplus
Oatley
Ocean State
Octopart
Omnitron
OpAmp
Shop EIO
SMC
Surplus Center
Surplus Shed
Surplus Stuff
Tritronics
Webtronics
Weird Stuff
You Do It
Light Stuff
Progressive Aerodyne
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At AOPA Summit in Hartford, Garmin will unveil its latest portable, the touchscreen aera 796. Take a video tour of the navigator's features, which include synthetic vision, enhanced chart functions, and a new touchscreen interface.
KITPLANES talked to PS Engineering’s Mark Scheuer about the new PAR100EX Experimental-class audio panel with a communication radio.
KITPLANES talks with Zenith Aircraft’s Sebastien Heintz at Sun ‘n Fun 2011.
KITPLANES gets the scoop on Garmin’s developments and rebates for the G3X EFIS at Sun ‘n Fun 2011.
KITPLANES caught up with Dynon Avionics at Sun ‘n Fun to get a glimpse of the new DX15 handheld com radio.
KITPLANES tours the Whirlwind Propeller factory where the firm's fixed-pitch and ground-adjustable propellers are made, as well as the blades for Whirlwind constant-speed props.
