KITPLANES

It’s time to roll the plane up on a set of calibrated scales.

Paul Dye and Marc Cook talk about the importance of angle of attack instrumentation.

Cheap and colorful ties: there is a place for them in the building process.

You wouldn’t think that a little 1,000-lb MGW aircraft would require this much braking.

September 20 & 21, 2024, in Mexico, Missouri

The Gweduck is a hero-class Experimental three decades in the making.

Lockwood’s Rotax-powered RV-9A is more than just fancy rhinoplasty.

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

Can a modern replica actually be better than a classic original?

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

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

Time to replace the nose gear bungee.

Another customization?

Tightening rod end bearings is easy when you make the right tools.

Ever look at a part and wonder, “How did they make that?”

Moving a disabled airplane.

When is it time to hang up the helmet and goggles for the last time?

This year is the 50th anniversary of the VariEze but because the VariEze changed the landscape of homebuilt aircraft, this year is what Burt Rutan likes to call the “composite canard revolution”!

What you need to get your airplane’s experimental airworthiness certificate.

It’s time to roll the plane up on a set of calibrated scales.

Cheap and colorful ties: there is a place for them in the building process.

You wouldn’t think that a little 1,000-lb MGW aircraft would require this much braking.

Without screws or rivets, you’re looking at adhesive.

Wiring a panel? How about upgrading to the ultimate avionics work surface?

If you’re building/wiring an instrument panel, especially one with modern EFIS screens and avionics, you no doubt have dealt with the problem of how to secure wire bundles.

A designee is a private individual with the experience and skills necessary to do the work mandated for the FAA.

To say that Kitfox has been successful since then is an understatement.

With the announcement of Roswell, New Mexico, as the new home of the National Air Races, it seems a good time to give an update on the go-fast crowd.

One of the big motivators to amateur aircraft builders is simply dreaming about the adventures that their personal aircraft will allow them to accomplish.

There isn’t a pilot alive who doesn’t know what a checklist is. There are, however, pilots no longer with us who failed to use one.

Matco presented new DuraWear and UltraWear components which provide an upgrade to their standard brake discs and pads while maintaining the same pricing.

Tundra's line of no excuses off-road tailwheels.

Aircraft Specialty Flightlines, an AirVenture Veteran, has been innovating safer, more capable and easier to use components for experimental amateur aircraft builders for years.

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.

One advantage of arriving early to AirVenture is that you may have the opportunity to preview deals before others arrive and the tents fill.