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Dana Hague

Dana Hague
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Dana soloed at 16 and has been messing around with the low and slow side of aviation ever since. An aerospace engineer by education and mechanical engineer by trade, he’s been taking things apart almost since birth and usually manages to put them back together again. He’s owned and tinkered with a variety of homebuilts over the years and currently flies a Hatz CB-1 biplane.
oil cooler shutter

Oil Cooler Shutter

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Ditch the duct tape— an adjustable fix for oil coolers.

Keep the Greasy Side Clean

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Build your own oil separator.

What a Drag

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Round versus streamline flying wires.

Homemade Compression Tester

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Why buy a new one when you can build your own?

Do-It-Yourself Camera Mount

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Homebuilt aircraft struts often require a homebuilt mount.

Metal vs. Wood

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Part 2: Reworking a wood propeller.

Metal vs. Wood

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A new prop for an old plane.

A Wooden Kneeboard for Tablets

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While I owned my‭ ‬Fisher FP-404‭ ‬‭(‬“Restoring a Stored Homebuilt‭,‬”‭ ‬February 2017‭), ‬I was using an Android smartphone running the free Avare navigation app...

New Gear for an Old Plane

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Building landing gear from scratch for a Starduster One.

Biplane Cross-Country

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Tennessee to Connecticut in a Starduster SA-100.

In Case You Missed It

Checkpoints

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Last action taken.

A Wood Tailwheel Lift

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(Or how to save your achin' back.)

Survival of the Smartest

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Surviving an emergency or crash landing in a remote area is just the beginning of staying alive long term. Thinking about what you might need and equipping yourself adequately for the type of flying you intend to do are essential to making it until help arrives.

The Home Machinist

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How do you turn out non-cylindrical objects with your lathe? Why, by using a four-jaw chuck, of course. And there's a way to effectively employ that 'ole' adjustable wrench that might have escaped you for years; by Bob Fritz.