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Fixed-Pitch Props

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Choosing a prop for your homebuilt is always a compromise that involves consideration of cost, performance, how you'll fly and more. Still, sometimes the simplest solution is the best one.

Engine Mounts

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Many factors go into designing and building good engine mounts, including consideration of the engines thrust line and gyroscopic precession effects. They deserve our respect.

Hose Protection

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Ishmael Fuentes shows you how to protect and cool the hoses in your engine compartment by making a firesleeve.

Shop Talk: V-Block Drill Jig from Scrap

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Having problems drilling a precise hole in a tube? Ishmael Fuentes has the perfect-and inexpensive-solution with this nifty, easy-to-make V-block drill jig.

You and the Tube

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For some builders, the prospect of flaring hard-line tubing is daunting. Ishmael Fuentes demystifies the process, and shows you how to get good results every time.

Cable-Exit Fairings

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Don't let unsightly cable-exit holes spoil the look or performance of your aircraft.

Flying in the Ford World

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Sage philosopher and aviation nut Uncle Ishmael explains how, for about the price of a 4-year-old Ford pickup truck, you can own a serviceable homebuilt aircraft. Youll probably have to forgo anything certified, and hone your scrounging skills, but when all is said and done, isn't getting up in the air flying better than sitting on the ground dreaming?

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An Open Mind

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Normalcy had evolved in a fair way. Overcast and cool in the morning, the...

A Lesson in Control(s)

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This is a story of a simple thing overlooked. It involves a basic concept...

Two Weeks to Taxi

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Welcome to the first of what we expect to be many web-based updates on...

Build Your Skills: Fabric

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Finishing tapes not only strengthen areas that need reinforcement, but they also cover unsightly screws, rivets and rib-lacing cord. This month we cover the types of tapes available, where they should be applied and how to apply them; by Ron Alexander.