Newsline
Continue to the categoryNational Championship Air Races in Roswell Dates Announced
All seven classes of racing will return in new home of Roswell, N.M. next year
What’s Up In the Experimental Engine Market
Are the high prices here to stay? Are alternative engines finding an avenue to success? Are Jet A-burning engines like the DeltaHawk an important part of our future?
Flying With Dynon’s New Emergency Glide Feature
Wouldn't it be nice to have the EFIS and autopilot take over while you diagnose an engine problem? Like having a copilot you don't have to feed.
Lycoming Thunderbolt Engines Update
What's on the horizon for Lycoming and Thunderbolt? Watch to find out.
FAR Revisions to Fix the “LODA Problem”
For owners of Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft, the best news is the rescinding of the so-called LODA rule.
Real Pylon Racing: Sport Class Unleashed at Las Cruces October 19 & 20
For those missing their annual dose of wing-to-wing pylon air racing last month, the Sport Class has the cure.
Magazine
Continue to the categoryFlight Reviews
Continue to the categoryNothing Small About It
The Gweduck is a hero-class Experimental three decades in the making.
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
Can a modern replica actually be better than a classic original?
Builder Spotlight
Continue to the categoryHow Many Times Can You Drill Through the Same Finger?
(Or how to build a Zenith CH 750 in just 11 years)
The Stanley Screamer is One Sleek Sherpa!
“I may never be able to buy an airplane…but maybe I can build one!”
—Dale Stanley
Second Chance Six
Part 10: small, important projects— brake lines, fuel lines, baffling and fairings.
Custom Tools for Rod End Installation and Alignment
Tightening rod end bearings is easy when you make the right tools.
Thought Exercise: The Drive Socket
Ever look at a part and wonder, “How did they make that?”
Shop Talk
Twelve Volts Anywhere, Anytime
Paul Dye -
A handy tool to have in the shop, avoiding a bunch of random long wires that always seem to get in the way.
Buy the Thousand-Pack
Paul Dye -
Cheap and colorful ties: there is a place for them in the building process.
Exploring
Continue to the categoryEighty Percent to Go
That last 20% that feels like 80% is the time to slow down and pull out checklists, get other eyes on the project, call for a TC visit and sit in the airplane making noises.
Hawking That New Engine
After 20 years the long-gestating DeltaHawk diesel is suddenly hotter than Jeff LaVelle’s turbos on a 400-mph lap.
Repeat Offender
This time I want an airplane strictly built for the joy of flying. I want something simple and relatively cheap for that magical first and last half-hour of daylight, to be low and slow with no place in particular to go and sporting a massive grin.
Are You Shorthanding?
If you're not careful, your non-building friends will find a way to change the subject.
Crew Coordination, Working the Weather
Paul Dye -
Having a reliable and well-trained partner can help to evaluate not only a course of action—but the decision-making process that goes into that plan.
Products
DuraWear and UltraWear Brake Discs From Matco
Matco presented new DuraWear and UltraWear components which provide an upgrade to their standard brake discs and pads while maintaining the same pricing.
Aircraft Specialty Flightlines Brings Three New Smart Components to AirVenture
Aircraft Specialty Flightlines, an AirVenture Veteran, has been innovating safer, more capable and easier to use components for experimental amateur aircraft builders for years.
Hoses? We’ve got Hoses!
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Tom Swearingen has been making hose assemblies for homebuilders for quite a few years now and is well known for quality custom work done very fast.
The Bargains May Go Fast!
One advantage of arriving early to AirVenture is that you may have the opportunity to preview deals before others arrive and the tents fill.
In Case You Missed It
Right-Angle Deburring Tool
Most of us have a threaded drill kit. Mine has an assortment of common...
Alternative Energies
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Great predictions about the advent of reliable, readily available and affordable electric aircraft have come and gone. How far away are we? By Dean Sigler.