Table of Contents
June 2011 Issue
Flight Reports
For the Pitts Model 12 from Jim Kimball Enterprises, the name of the game is power. By Ed Wischmeyer.
Builder Spotlight
The folks at Sonex have been busy with recent first flights of both their battery-powered E-Flyer and the single-place, folding-wing Onex. By Scott M. Spangler.
Fed up with the restrictions of being able to land on water only, builder Mervin Zinck came up with a design to add retractable gear to his floats. By Don Ledger.
All About Avionics: EFIS Dreams 2011
The industry holds its own while waiting for the economic recovery to kick in. By Stein Bruch and Marc Cook.
Don’t let grounding problems short-circuit your avionics systems. By Stein Bruch
When determining who’s best to conduct the first flight, it’s a risk versus reward equation. By Doug Rozendaal.
A step-by-step guide to doing maintenance on a Bendix S-200 magneto. By Steve Ells.
DAR Mel Asberry continues his discussion of operating limitations and Phase I flight-test requirements.
Builders share their successes.
Shop Talk
Jim Weir provides a DIY alternative to the store-bought transponder antenna.
Designer's Notebook
You’d think a V-tail would have much to offer over a conventional tail in both reduced drag and lower weight. But how does it really pan out? By Barnaby Wainfan.
Exploring
With the endorsement of five major EFIS manufacturers, Vertical Power’s new all-in-one-box VP-X controller is almost certainly assured to be a success. By Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook.
Garmin has released its new GMA 350 audio panel with voice recognition and “3D” sound, and Superior Air Parts is adding to its line of Millennium cylinders. Edited by Mary Bernard.
In his debut column, Dean Sigler introduces the CAFE Foundation and explains its efforts to promote green technologies for aviation.
Everyone can use another set of eyes on a project, and sometimes a technical counselor is just the one to provide them. By Amy Laboda.
Modern avionics, knowledge of the weather, a sturdy airframe and a cell phone make cross-country trips less of a gamble. By Paul Dye.
Roy Beisswenger takes a look at the maintenance requirements for the lighter side of aviation including ultralights and Light Sport Aircraft.
Kit Bits
List of Advertisers, Builders' Marketplace and the Classified Builder.
Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.
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Web Links in this Issue
Around the Patch
Vertical Power
What's New
Garmin International
Superior Air Parts
Flight Review: Pitts Model 12
Jim Kimball Enterprises, Inc.
More Than a Science Project
Sonex Aircraft R&D
Straight Floats to Amphibs
ACI SeaRey Gear Alert
All About Avionics: EFIS Dreams 2011
Advanced Flight Systems
Aspen Avionics
Dynon Avionics
Garmin International
Grand Rapids Technologies
MGL Avionics
TruTrak Flight Systems
Avionics Grounding
Aeroelectric Connection
Alternative Energies
CAFE Foundation
CAFE Foundation Reports
Green Flight Challenge
CAFE Foundation Support Page
Down to Earth
EAA Tech Counselor Locator
Completions
Gero and Beatrix Dargel's Skyranger Swift
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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.
