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Avionics and Electronics
Product Review: J.P. Instruments EDM-740
Product Review: PS Engineering PMA5000EX
Engines
Fixed Wing
Sequoia Falco: Wings of Desire
Flight Review: Horse Perennial
KITPLANES' New Airplane: The 18-Day Sportsman 2+2.
Miscellaneous
Weather to Fly and Weather On the Web
Homebuilt Aircraft Safety 1998-2008
Build Your Skills: Composites (1)
Unusual Attitude Supplement, Sept. 09
Rand Gray's 601 Inspection Checklist
Ask the DAR: How big is your flight-test area?
Ask the DAR: On major-portion rules and flight advisors.
Around the Patch - February 2010
Ask the DAR: Understanding the differences in the Light Sport category.
Ask the DAR: Engine-run requirements for the DAR inspection.
Ask the DAR:Requirements for a builder’s log.
Ask the DAR: Amateur-builts and flight instruction…oil and water?
Ask the DAR: How big must your N numbers be?
Ask the DAR:Does your inspector have to be local, and how do you amend operating limitations?
Sport Pilot/Light-Sport Aircraft
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Diesel engines are beginning to make tiny inroads into the Experimental aircraft market, although they're a ways from gaining market share. At the Aero show in Friedsrichshafen, KITPLANES saw an interesting three-cylinder model from a company called FlyEco.
New side-by-side testing by Rotax reveals that the 912iS yields substantially better fuel economy than the company originally claimed. In this exclusive KITPLANES video, Rotax's Alexander Mitter reveals the test details.
We get a detailed look at Garmin's new G3X package. Paul Bertorelli talks to Garmin's Jim Alpiser at the Aero show in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
At Sun 'n Fun 2013, KITPLANES editor Paul Dye flew his RV-3 into Lakeland. In this video, he gives us a tour of the airplane's unique design and construction.
Superior Air Parts is showing the new XP-400, a 215 hp variant of the popular four-cylinder powerplant.
Zenith Aircraft introduced a new version of its CH750, the Cruzer. It's intended to be faster than the STOL version of this airplane.
