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Kitplanes Magazine: Your Homebuilt Aircraft Authority. We cover topics relevant to anyone who has ever dreamed of building or owning a homebuilt experimental aircraft.

STOL Drag Receives FAA National Accreditation

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In 2019, STOL Drag got its start after becoming the first new race class at the Reno Air Races in almost 20 years. This...

Metal Magic: Removing Bad Rivets

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How to properly remove bad or damaged rivets. You'll probably do this a lot over the course of an airplane project!

Archive: October 1999

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Mike Arnold’s hyper efficient AR-5 was on our October 1999 cover with a report by editor Dave Martin that posed an interesting question: Could...

August 2021

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On the cover: Bob Mackey flies Gabriel DeVault’s electric Xenos, which is powered by a Zero motorcycle drivetrain. Photographed near Hollister, California, by Marc...

Huttinger Zenith CH 750 STOL

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When I made the decision to purchase the kit after attending a rudder workshop in November of 2015, I envisioned a three-year process at...

eXenos Electric Motorglider

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Paul Dye describes what's new and what's cool with the Gabriel DeVault Xenos motorglider powered by an electric motor.

Archive: October 1997

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A sleek Lancair IV-P was on our October 1997 cover along with the blurb promising an over-gulf trip from Florida to Mexico.

July 2021

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On the cover: While testing two of the latest three-blade composite props, Paul Dye photographed his RV-8 with a Hartzell Explorer and Whirl Wind...

Metal Magic: Driving and Squeezing Countersunk Rivets

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Paul Dye explains how to both drive and squeeze flush rivets and offers handy tips to getting good, repeatable results.

SkyPolaris – A Record Breaking Global Flight

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Fans of our three-part series Around the World and Over Both Poles about Michel Gordillo's polar rounding flight in his Van's RV-8 will be...

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What’s New

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ATS Voyager-when you get serious about a borescope.

Checkpoints

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Improving the safety record.

2018 Homebuilt Aircraft Directory

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So you want to buy or build an Experimental Aircraft? Heres how to find the perfect project. Introduction Directory compiled by Omar Filipovic.

Do’s and Don’ts of Aircraft Building, Part 2

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Do’s and Don’ts of Aircraft Building, Part 2