Build Series

Follow Kitplanes contributors through multi-part stories.

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.

Another customization?

Part 9: With good company and a plan of action, things got rolling! Including the wheels.

What engine should be used in this project?

Sure, you can buy intercoolers off the shelf but sometimes you have to DIY it. Here’s how.

Part 8: Brakes, Faeth’s and a fuselage on the freeway.

Plane and simple.

Part 7: Did you know that trailering an airplane across town is an all-day event? I didn’t.

Overcoming builder’s block and exhaust modifications.

Kitplanes - June 14, 2018 0

Hardened steel mandrels for close-quarters dimple dies.

Robrucha - December 10, 2017 0

Paul Dye - December 19, 2014 0

Power to the people.

Bob Hadley - December 19, 2014 0

Did you ever wonder what kind of tool makes those graceful machine marks on factory-made brackets and manifolds?