Table of Contents
July 2010 Issue
Flight Reports
Europa Aircraft is gearing up for the future with new leadership, a larger, more sophisticated manufacturing facility, and a sales force on the move. By Marc Cook.
Builder Spotlight
Designer John Monnett has been waiting more than three decades for his SubSonex “very short-winged glider” to take off, and now it just might. By Scott M. Spangler.
It doesn’t take a fortune to get a homebuilt aircraft completed and flying, and we look at a few designs that prove the point. By Marc Cook and Mary Bernard.
Equipping your homebuilt aircraft for night flight has become both more complicated and more flexible thanks to a wide variety of LED lighting solutions. By Mary Bernard.
Cover Story: Carpet and Panels
Now that you’ve fabricated your seat upholstery, it’s time to tackle the rest of the interior with a look at carpeting and door panels. By Mike Manning.
Vacuum-Bagging for Homebuilders
This month we’ll go through the step-by-step vacuum-bagging process for an aileron trimtab part to see how to deal with extreme contours. By Patrick Thomson.
Builders share their successes.
Shop Talk
Why we need regulated voltage in our aircraft and how zener diodes, resistors, transistors and semiconductors help us get there. By Jim Weir.
Designer's Notebook
When the airflow separates from a surface, the result can be unsteady forces or turbulent wake shedding, neither of which is desirable. By Barnaby Wainfan.
Exploring
Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook takes the temperature of the homebuilt industry at the first big fly-in of the season.
Sportair’s Sirius LSA is available for demo flights, the Spider Tracks viewer allows you to track flights on your iPhone and MGL Avionics’ Second Generation EFISes debut. Edited by Mary Bernard
On his way home from an unexceptional summer jaunt, author Bill Repucci got a most exceptional call from the tower.
It’s been a couple of years since we looked at how homebuilts generally fared in the accident statistics vis-à-vis certified aircraft. This time around we’ll look at the safety records of specific homebuilt designs, starting with the Van’s RV. By Ron Wanttaja.
New columnist Paul Dye makes his debut with a discussion on the importance of understanding your aircraft’s avionics systems in terms of form, function and troubleshooting.
Those who understand the aviation marketplace will be in a position to make the most of opportunities—and Tempest gets it. By Steve Ells.
Jess Meyers of Belted Air Power continues to refine auto-engine conversion firewall-forward packages for homebuilt aircraft. By Rick Lindstrom.
DAR Mel Asberry answers questions about when you need A&P signoff, re-certifying an airplane to make it an LSA (hint: can’t be done) and pre-registration of an Experimental. By Mel Asberry.
Dave Martin makes the case for the FAA revisiting its policy on residential airparks so that they can remain a vital home location and useful national resource.
Kit Bits
Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.
Kit Stuff
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Sportair USA
Spider Tracks
MGL Avionics
Europa Returns!
Europa Aircraft
Custom Flight Creations
Kerosene Dreams
Sonex Aircraft
More than You Bargained For
Aero Adventure Aviation
CGS Aviation
Flightstar Sportplanes
Hummel Aviation
Johnston Aviation
MSquared, Inc.
Quicksilver Aircraft
Sonex Aircraft
The New Kolb Aircraft
Van’s Aircraft
Wag-Aero
Fly By Night
AeroLEDs
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty
Aveo Engineering
JMH Innovations
Kuntzleman Electronics
Mid-Sota Aircraft Technologies
SteinAir
Teledyne Microelectronic Technologies
Whelen Engineering
Engine Beat
Tempest Plus Marketing Group
Experimotive
Belted Air Power
Completions
Lage Norberg’s Seagull
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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.
