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!

Mel Asberry - July 19, 2011 0

Ready to perform aerobatics with your new homebuilt? Not so fast! The operating limitations dictate what's required first.

Kitplanes - November 16, 2009 0

Compound Modifier Yes, the turbo-compound engine written about by Paul Lamar does...

Randall Brink - November 11, 2025 0

How to Buy, Install, and Use Starlink in Your Aircraft The long cross-country got quiet...

Paul Dye - May 14, 2010 0

The importance of understanding your aircrafts avionics systems in terms of form, function and troubleshooting.