Kitplanes
Kitplanes Magazine: Your Homebuilt Aircraft Authority. We cover topics relevant to anyone who has ever dreamed of building or owning a homebuilt experimental aircraft.
Red Bull Air Race Championship Selects Hartzell Propeller Again
Hartzell Propeller will be the 2019 propeller technical partner of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship for yet another year. It is the...
Phillabaum Helicycle
First flight of my Helicycle helicopter was on January 31, 2019 after two years of part-time building. Previously, before I retired, I built an...
Belite's New Universal Airspeed Indicator
Radiant Technology is now shipping its new Universal Airspeed Indicator. Over the years Radiant Technology (a Belite Enterprises Company) has developed and improved technology...
Whelen Engineering to Acquire LoPresti Aviation
Whelen Engineering Company announced today that it completed an acquisition and spin-off of its Aviation Division with LoPresti Aviation. Whelen's Aviation Division and LoPresti...
Aupperle Zenith CH 750 STOL
I always wanted something to do in retirement that that would be both challenging and fun. I couldn't envision myself playing golf only during...
Pappas Waiex B Turbo
This is my second Waiex build. My first appeared in a Kitplanes article in 2007. This one took 24 months of part time work...
Letters
Tungsten
In Eric Stewart's article, "Titans of Tungsten" , he mentioned using tungsten as a counterweight because it is 1.5 times denser than lead. If...
Garmin's GTR 200B comm radio with Bluetooth intercom is designed for...
Garmin announced the GTR 200B, a comm radio and Bluetooth-enabled intercom designed specifically for experimental and amateur-built aircraft. In addition to advanced auto-squelch, stereo...
"Old Crow" Huber RV-7A
After six and a half years, I received an airworthiness certificate on August 2, 2018. The first two flights were on August 10, flown...
In Case You Missed It
Ask the DAR
Proving compliance with the 51% rule, licensing ELSA or E/A-B, using an LSA commercially.
Hawking That New Engine
After 20 years the long-gestating DeltaHawk diesel is suddenly hotter than Jeff LaVelle’s turbos on a 400-mph lap.
A Wooden Kneeboard for Tablets
While I owned my Fisher FP-404 (“Restoring a Stored Homebuilt,” February 2017), I was...