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Making a FABulous Project

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This month we are going to wrap up the LED lighting project and (another Weir two-fer) give you a way of making all future...

Affordable Borescope

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Longtime airplane builder Ed Zaleski manipulates the borescope to get the proper image on the computer screen and then clicks the mouse to...

Home Shop Machinist

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Acrylic windshield restoration.

Best Practices – Fastener Safety

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Cotter pins, safety wire, lock washers, and thread lockers.

Dealing With Builder’s Fear

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Tips From the New Guy

Ask the DAR

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Two engines, one prop; ownership without a sales receipt; ultralight registered as E/A-B.

Ray Stits Remembered

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Designer of 15 Experimentals, inventor of the Poly-Fiber covering system, and founder of EAA Chapter 1, he was an aviation ambassador for all. By Amy Laboda.

Magnetos For Half VW Engines

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Points to ponder at replacement time.

Top Overhaul

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Gray oil is good, but what about black oil that looks like tar?

Smart Transponders

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The Experimental market gets few breaks when it comes to transponder and ADS-B requirements.

In Case You Missed It

Glasair Sportsman

Glasair Aviation to Restart With Kits, Not Two Weeks to Taxi

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Glasair Aviation is planning to emphasize kit sales and production first and restart TWTT later.

Wind Tunnel

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Involved in the flight testing of a friends aircraft, Barnaby Wainfan contemplates the consequences (and wisdom) of designing an aircraft around an engine that may prove unsatisfactory or, worse, unavailable.

Wind Tunnel

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Trim tabs.

Record Opportunities

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Disqualified from flying under the U.K.s strict aeromedical requirements, Steve Wood has nonetheless made a life of piloting his own airplane and promoting aviation while acquiring numerous world records along the way.