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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.
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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

Higher, Faster, Stronger

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Glasair’s decision to turbocharge its Sportsman model opened up the door to additional design considerations and refinements. But getting to the desired performance has proved challenging. By Marc Cook.

After the Accident

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Okay, you bent your airplane. What happens next?

Completions

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Stephen Port's RV-8Here is my RV-8 that I completed in June 2017. I...

Headset Trial: David Clark Pro-X2

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In this Avionics Bootcamp video series, we put the David Clark Pro-X2 on the evaluation bench and took them flying for this field report.