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Toth Sonex

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Sonex 1520 Special Airworthiness Certificate 22 August 22. First flight Sunday 28 August 2022.

Avionics: Do You Document?

Marc Cook -
A friend at my airport confessed to having some avionics problems. His homebuilt’s instruments...

Van’s Offers Recovery Update

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Irene the Gyro

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DeltaHawk Studies Hydrogen Power

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Password Reset for KITPLANES Readers

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Stick Bushing

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Cleaveland Tool’s Novel Outreach

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GAMI G100UL Unleaded Avgas Flying in a Van’s RV-14

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Kitfox Aircraft Factory Tour

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Beyond the Stats

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The Last Laps

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Exploring

Why Reno Mattered

Tom Wilson -
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Exploring

Reno: The Grit and the Glory

Tom Wilson -
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Designer's Notebook

Cooling: Internal Flow

Barnaby Wainfan -
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Coming of Age at Reno

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Flight Reports

Excess Horsepower!

Paul Dye -
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A Fine Specimen

Marc Cook -
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LSA Tail Stand

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Builder Spotlight

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 8

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Complex Impedance

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Designer's Notebook

Cooling Inlets, Part 2

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Kit Bits

Archive: August 2014

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Inserting Bolts, Installing Nuts

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Builder Spotlight

Oh, Dry Up!

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Flight Reviews

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Excess Horsepower!

Paul Dye -
Kitfox’s Super Sport gets more than new pep from Rotax’s turbocharged 916 iS.

Ryan ST vs. Timber Tiger ST-L

Dewey Davenport -
Can a modern replica actually be better than a classic original?

Sea the World!

Paul Dye -
Getting a multi-engine sea rating in the always-entertaining AirCam.

World Beater

Marc Cook -
Rotax’s spunky 916 brings new tech and international appeal to a venerated design.

Super Sportsman

Marc Cook -
Not just another big-engine utility airplane.

SX Appeal

Jonathan & Julia Apfelbaum -
Sleek looks and a 300-hp Lycoming make the SX300 a very sexy single.

Builder Spotlight

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Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 8

Kate O'Connor -
Engine mount design and fabrication.

Oh, Dry Up!

Sparky Barnes -
Jim Katz builds a homemade engine dehumidifier.

Building the eXenos

Paul Dye -
Part 7: Finally, time for flight!

What a Drag

Dana Hague -
Round versus streamline flying wires.

Love at First Sight

Jonathan & Julia Apfelbaum -
John Lake’s lifelong passion for the Marquart Charger.

Rotax, Anyone?

Ken Scott -
Robert Haag’s RV-4/600 is powered by a Rotax 915 iS engine.

Build a Custom Plenum That Will Work

Dave Anders -
For optimum performance, all it takes is a little bit of math and some fiberglass.

Building the ‘Beater – Part 7

Vic Syracuse -
Installing the interior.

Shop Talk

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LSA Tail Stand

Bob Hadley -
I decided I needed a tail stand after my transponder inspection last spring. A...

Complex Impedance

Jim Weir -
A loyal reader writes, “I have a homebuilt Bugsmasher with a couple of com...

How Fast Is a Speed Nut?

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Memories

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Bad Weld

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Spinner Bulkhead Clocking

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Remembering Reno

Paul Dye -
Aviation just wouldn’t be the same without the races…no matter where they are held.

Develop Today, Sell Tomorrow

Marc Cook -
While the Experimental world has matured greatly in the last few decades, we’re no longer seeing the rapid rate of change experienced in the 1970s and through the ’80s.

Now What?

Tom Wilson -
Reno is gone but that doesn’t mean the end of pylon air racing.

Reno’s Experimental Honor Roll

Tom Wilson -
Just some of Reno’s more iconic hot rods.

Beyond the Stats

Kerry Fores -

The Last Laps

Tom Wilson -
The racing at the final Reno races was good until it wasn’t.

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Radiant De-Ice Technology

Paul Dye -
Radiant Technology, the company founded by James Wiebe (former head of BeLite Aircraft), is...

One Cool Creeper

Bill Repucci -
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X-Naut Expands iPad Cooler Line

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UFlyMike

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Zip Ties No More: DMC’s LaceLok Tool

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