Table of Contents
December 2011 Issue
Buyer's Guide
2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide
The 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide features a stunning 316 designs.
Flight Reports
Van's two-seat RV-12 LSA proves itself as a surprisingly travel-friendly cross-country airplane. By Marc Cook.
Builder Spotlight
Ken Scott's series on welding closes with an afterword from his mentor, Philip Groelz, who explains why TIG welding is the way to go.
Choosing insurance for your homebuilt can be a complex decision. Scott Smith breaks it down and explains what you need to keep your plane covered-at every stage.
Dale Kramer invigorated the ultralight movement in the 1970s with the Lazair. Now he's doing it again-with a battery-powered version. By Dean Sigler.
Designer's Notebook
The way lift is distributed along a wing's span affects both the structure and its aerodynamics. By Barnaby Wainfan.
Exploring
Editor Mary Bernard makes the case for presenting the annual Aircraft Buyer's Guides data in a new, more useful form.
Find welding resources at USAWeld.com, Ztron Labs offers an alternative to conventional aircraft circuit breakers, and record your flights with the AV-HD video system from Data Toys. Edited by Abby Ventzke.
Marc Cook looks at the possibility of Glasair Aviation initiating a new Two Weeks to Taxi builder-assistance program for the Van's RV-10.
Dick Starks and the members of The Kansas City Dawn Patrol head out to take part in the Annual Salute to Veterans Airshow in Columbia, Missouri.
For RV-12 owners looking for an alternative engine option, Jabiru offers a worthy contender. By Marc Cook.
Kit Bits
Download the complete December 2011 issue of KITPLANES in one PDF file.
List of Advertisers, Builders' Marketplace and the Classified Builder.
Web Links in this Issue
What's New
HTP America/USAWeld.com
Ztron Labs
AV-HD video system
Traveling Machine
Van's Aircraft
Homebuilt Aircraft Insurance
Avemco Insurance
Alternative Energies
Dale Kramer Accident Log
2009 U.K. Flight of an Electric Lazair
Ascent Variometers
Dale Kramer's Design, Construction, Flying Log
Eagle Tree Instruments
Jeti-Spin Electronic Speed Controllers
Joby JM1 Motor
Zippy Batteries
Engine Update
Jabiru USA
Wind Tunnel
Details of Shrenk's Approximation
View Reader Links from previous issues
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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.
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.
Advanced Flight Systems' Rob Hickman details the company's new 5000-series big screen EFIS at Oshkosh 2010.
Spidertracks introduced a new, smaller, less expensive GPS tracker here at Oshkosh 2010. Rachel Donald explains the main features of the unit and the website that supports it.
CubCrafter's Randy Lervold gives us the skinny on the new Carbon Cub Adventure package introduced here at Oshkosh.
Glasair Aviation’s Mikael Via introduces the new turbocharged, carbon-fiber-bodied Sportsman TC at Oshkosh 2010.
