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!

Lisa Turner - December 15, 2025 0

Rick and Dave sat down at the airport veranda bench with lunch. “I have...

Amy Laboda - January 18, 2013 0

Flight instruction has its challenges, but it has many rewards as well. Amy Laboda reflects on her recent successful launch of a brand new pilot.

Jon Croke - August 22, 2021 7

Nearly every kit aircraft will require a large, flat worktable for some part of...

Steve Ells - July 8, 2010 0

The Rotax 912 engine has become ubiquitous in homebuilt aviation, and now a company has found a way to improve its fuel efficiency. By Steve Ells.