Build Series

Follow Kitplanes contributors through multi-part stories.

One step forward, two steps back

Part 14: To fix or not to fix?

Why is this airplane xtreme?

One person can’t imagine eating a whole elephant. It’s simply impossible. But the answer to the idiomatic question remains: one bite at a time!

Out of the holding pattern, onto the panel.

Part 13: Assessing the ailerons, learning the lathe and plotting the wiring.

Things to do while in the holding pattern.

Part 12: Final painted parts, installing wings and things, autopilot servos.

Part 11: Starting to wire my Advanced Flight Systems panel, installing a new fuel selector and more!

Part 10: small, important projects— brake lines, fuel lines, baffling and fairings.

Tom Wilson - July 29, 2019 1

In a parallel life of mine—auto journalism—shop talk occasionally got around to just how...

Cindy Pedersen - January 17, 2012 0

KITPLANES® publisher Cindy Pedersen bids readers a fond farewell as she embarks on a new journey—retirement.

Steve Ells - June 14, 2009 1

Steve Ells immerses himself in the art and science of fuel-injection systems during a weekend course at Airflow Performance headquarters.

Paul Dye - July 19, 2014 0

Editor's log.