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!

Sid Mayeux - November 21, 2014 0

Knock it off.

Kitplanes - July 7, 2010 0

Builders share their successes.

Tom Wilson - March 17, 2016 0

Exploring the components that keep your engine alive.

Tom Wilson - June 13, 2025 0

Pilots demand ADS-B privacy, sport air racing shifts to weight-based rules and affordable Oshkosh and Roswell travel tips.