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!

Vic Syracuse - November 23, 2020 4

It is really important to remove the burrs that are created when drilling through...

Tom Wilson - November 17, 2023 2

Reno is gone but that doesn’t mean the end of pylon air racing.

Kerry Fores - October 5, 2021 1

“Grandpa Kerry, where do unwanted airplane projects come from?” I choked on my ice cream....

Kitplanes - December 14, 2021 0

This short episode of Metal Magic provides some quick tips on the most effective...