Table of Contents
March 2010 Issue
Homebuilt Aircraft Directory
The first of our two engine guides looks at the more traditional aircraft powerplants. Compiled by Cory Emberson. Text by Marc Cook.
Builder Spotlight
Builder Profile: Orange Appeal
Marc Cook profiles a rookie Copperstate show winner: a spectacular F-1 Rocket with a distinct Harley vibe.
The Independence Project: A Power Finish
The engine and prop complete the building phase, and the RV-12 is ready for the flight test phase. By Dave Martin.
Stein Bruch reviews the airborne weather choices for the homebuilder, using technology undreamed of only 20 years ago.
Datalink Weather: Long-Term Exposure
Marc Cook relates his experience, more than four years' worth, with XM-sourced inflight weather.
Dave Prizio and his Build-a-Bear crew get the Texas Sport Cub ready for flight testing, and take to the skies.
It’s a stool! It’s a set of chocks! It’s both. Chuck Deiterich shows you how to craft one with PVC pipe, plywood and some hardware.
Builders share their successes.
Shop Talk
Vibration is not good for engines, airframes or instruments. Jim Weir explains how to fashion vibration analysis equipment for less than retail cost.
Designer's Notebook
Aerodynamic flutter has been a recent concern in the homebuilt world. What exactly is flutter? What causes it? Barnaby Wainfan clarifies an often misunderstood and potentially dangerous phenomenon.
Exploring
Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook looks at the changes within Lycoming and how they affect kit builders, as well as Superior Air Parts’ future since Thielert’s bankruptcy.
A glare shield for Garmin GPS units; Sportair USA’s certified pre-owned LSA program; quick reference for aera and AV8OR Ace; Better Half VW announces Legal Eagle XL. Edited by Mary Bernard.
Dick Starks and The Dawn Patrol attend the biennial Rendezvous on hallowed ground: the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
Product Review: Garmin’s New aera
Paul Bertorelli reviews Garmin’s latest offering, the aera. It’s compact, powerful and versatile.
Amy Laboda’s Kitfox 4, Little Bird, won’t break any speed records. But it will tuck nicely into a short turf airstrip in time for a barbecue.
What do you need to do when you buy an Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft? What should a builder/owner do when they’re ramp checked? By Mel Asberry.
Rick Lindstrom looks at Maxwell Propulsion’s upgraded FWF system, and peeks into the system’s future.
Dave Martin’s Spacewalker II makes room for his recently completed RV-12, and heads east to its new owner in Ohio.
Kit Bits
Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.
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What’s New
Make-It Manufacturing’s Glare Shield
Better Half VW Legal Eagle XL
Sportair USA
Qref
Conventional Engine Buyer’s Guide
Aero Sport Power
Barrett Precision Engines
Eagle Engines
Engine Components, Inc.
Lycoming Engines
Teledyne Mattituck Engines
Teledyne Continental Engines
Compact Radial Engines
HCI Aviation
M-14P, Inc.
Rotec Engineering Pty. Ltd.
All Parts Sales Unlimited LLC
Hirth Engines
Jabiru Engines
Rotax Engines
Aerotek Aviation
Wilksch Airmotive
DeltaHawk
Rotax Service Centers
California Power Systems
Copperstate Aero LLC
Leading Edge Airfoils
Lockwood Aviation
Aero Propulsion
The Independence Project: RV-12
Van’s Aircraft
All About Avionics
Advanced Flight Systems
Grand Rapids Technologies
MGL Avionics
AvMap
TruFlight
Bendix/King AV8OR
Build a Bear: Texas Sport Cub
Texas Sport Aircraft
Experimotive
Maxwell Propulsion
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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.
