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Oil Cooler Shutter
...$109 cost of the Anti-Splat shutter it just wasn’t worth the time to design and build a homemade one. Cutting out the opening in the spacer plate . Using a...
Sitting Up Front Again
...into some marketing manager’s idea of The Great New Thing. As such, our focus remains on Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft: how to select, build, and fly such machines along with their ancillary...
Eating the Elephant—Part 5
...hour of flying. Such were the roots of experimental aviation and EAA. Today, we have far different expectations for homebuilt aircraft produced from kits. While you can still buy plans...
Flying the Groppo Trail
...the final evolution of a design that first flew in 2005. More than 200 have been sold. It’s an all-metal, semi-monocoque, high-wing, tandem-seat, tailwheel monoplane. The cabin is a 4130...
CAD for the Home Shop
...the machine shop using Solid Edge. The same goes for designing and printing 3D parts or molds. The only real difference is you may have to open the design file...
KITPLANES Flies the RV-15!
Van’s Aircraft Chief Engineer Rian Johnson explains the design elements to Dye before Dye’s initial flights last summer. KITPLANES Editor at Large Paul Dye just returned from Aurora, Oregon, after...
Sonex Highwing Takes First Flight
...hp) AeroVee, Jabiru 3300, UL Power, Rotax 9-series Estimated Stall Speed (clean) 50 mph Design Cruise Speed (Vc) 159 mph Estimated Maneuvering Speed (Va) 125 mph Never Exceed Speed (Vne)...
SilverLight Aviation to Debut Recon Airplane Kit at AirVenture 2025
...configurations to give pilots the flying experience they desire.” Built on the Avid Flyer platform, the Recon is a quick-build kit featuring a folding high-wing design. The kit starts at...
Building a Custom Engine Mount
...and thus not visually apparent. Design The firewall mount points were fixed during the initial fuselage design. Carbon fiber longerons terminate at the rear side of the firewall in a...
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