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Sizing an Avionics Cooling Fan

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How much is enough?

Cool Runnings

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Norm Ellis does the math and shows you how to select the right oil cooler for your engine-cooling package. Given the critical role oil temperature plays in engine health, its a good idea to go beyond selecting the smallest, lightest and cheapest cooler you can find.

Stainless Steel

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The reality behind this pretty but high-maintenance material.

Unusual Attitude: GPS and Reality

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While he admires and uses them, author Norm Ellis laments the lack of user-friendliness in todays GPS units. Editor Marc Cook counters that argument and extols the virtues of GPSes, complications or no, and their value in the cockpit.

In Case You Missed It

Homebuilt Accidents-When the Prop Stops

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Too many accidents start with a stoppage.

Slide-and-Fly Audio Panels

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PS Engineering and Garmin have good replacement options for the obsolete GMA 340.

Airing Out the Kit Question

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Why are there so few new homebuilt aircraft companies?

Those Rivet Holes

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In a prior Plane and Simple article (“Debunking Deburring,” March 2023), we discussed the...