Build Series

Follow Kitplanes contributors through multi-part stories.

As Oshkosh 2025 nears, Tenley rallies support and tackles critical inspection tasks to get RV-6 N2165U flying again.

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!

Barnaby Wainfan - June 5, 2012 0

While two-control airplanes were designed to make a pilot’s life simpler, they come with significant compromises.

Barnaby Wainfan - August 10, 2025 0

We explore how the tail design can improve pitch stability at high angles of attack.

David Paule - October 15, 2015 0

Tubes, struts, and column buckling.

Kitplanes - August 19, 2007 0

Waiex Review Rebuttal We are writing to express our disappointment in the Waiex. Y...