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![Coming in for a landing at Humberd’s Farm [All Images Credited to Jon Humberd]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/9-1.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Overcoming Setbacks on the Zenith 750SD Xtreme")
Overcoming Setbacks on the Zenith 750SD Xtreme
...come from the problem related to my determination of designing and utilizing a different nose gear setup, compared to what is offered with the Zenith kits. It is now well...
![Dragging it in low and slow for the STOL competition. [Credit: Andrew Robinson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/SnF_dragging_in.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Sun ’n Fun 2026 Recap: Avionics Upgrades, Thorp Kits, and STOL Action")
Sun ’n Fun 2026 Recap: Avionics Upgrades, Thorp Kits, and STOL Action
...with the other e-mag products available. Much as I like the electronic ignitions already out there for experimental aircraft, I also like the idea of a drop-in replacement and not...
![[Credit: McFarlane Alaska]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/McFarlane_tailwheel.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "McFarlane Alaska Absorbs Backcountry Favorite T3 Tailwheel")
McFarlane Alaska Absorbs Backcountry Favorite T3 Tailwheel
...distribution depth. For Experimental builders, that is the headline. The T3 Tailwheel Suspension System fits a long list of taildraggers familiar to KITPLANES readers — the Aviat Husky, Kitfox, the...
![[Credit: EAA]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/vintage-in-review-herb-clark.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Vintage in Review Returns to Oshkosh: Five Days, Five Stories, and a Living OX-5")
Vintage in Review Returns to Oshkosh: Five Days, Five Stories, and a Living OX-5
...of American civil aviation design, and the lineupleans heavily into airplanes that builders will appreciate for reasons that go beyond nostalgia. Monday opens with the Mid America Flight Museum’s 1934...
![Making rare use of my drafting tools for the internal timing. [All Images Credited to Andrew Robinson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/P1010535.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Conquering the Magneto, Part 2")
Conquering the Magneto, Part 2
...try, especially for an experimental aircraft; if not, then send your mags to a rebuild shop. I had the luxury of multiple used mags from which to pick and choose...
![[Credit: AdobeStock]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/AdobeStock_262642207_AGCuesta.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Winging It")
Winging It
...gap, whether it is longways to the flow of the freestream air or transverse makes a big difference. When we were designing the 777 at Boeing, every transverse gap or...
![Lowell Farrand spent years serving as an FAA DAR and is in the EAA Hall of Fame. He offers sound advise to builders. [Credit: Bill Wilson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/unnamed-4.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Think Like a Builder")
Think Like a Builder
...whether the holes were pre-drilled. Where Builders Get Into Trouble Ask someone who has inspected hundreds of amateur-built aircraft. Lowell Farrand, an inductee in the Experimental Aircraft Association Hall of...
![The 160 hp turbocharged Rotax 916iS is a four-stroke piston engine with redundant electronic fuel injection and ignition. [Credit: BPR Rotax]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/PIC_916-iS_iSc-2.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "2026 Engine Buyer’s Guide")
2026 Engine Buyer’s Guide
...design’s boundaries. Some designs might indulge more divergence from the optimum setup than others, but builders should avoid making power and weight changes that the designer did not recommend, or...
![The alternative to bending down as the propeller is pulled through the compression stroke is to keep the back straight and bend the knees slightly, stepping away in a crouch. [Credit: LeRoy Cook]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_1519-scaled.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Manual Starting Methods")
Manual Starting Methods
...on the aircraft, or because the starter isn’t working. Some airplanes are purposely designed without starters, batteries and generators for simplicity and lightness, and they are predictably easy to prop....
![The newly-restored F-24 enjoying the morning sun. [All Images Credited to Mike Davenport]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DSC_0001.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Golden Age Revival")
Golden Age Revival
...also the model 24 changed in shape with a new nose, larger wingspan, different wing struts and new rudder design. Sometime in 1934 or 1935 a third seat was added....
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