Members of the North Idaho High School Aerospace Program gathered at KSZT [Credit: North Idaho High School Aerospace Program]

North Idaho High School Student ACES Fly the Aircraft They Built

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New FAA Airworthiness Certificates for Van's RV-12 and Zenith CH 750.

Building Control Components for the Zenith 750SD Xtreme

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Part 18: Taking Control

Building the 750 SDXTREME: Part 17

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Custom mods to the 750 SDX main gear and nosegear bring serious weight savings and unique titanium parts to life—right down to the pedals and steering rods.
p-38 2/3 scale

Forked-Tail Masterpiece

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Jim O’Hara’s scratchbuilt P-38 is a multi-generational effort .
perfection is a trap

Eating the Elephant—Part 5

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Perfection isn’t a goal—it’s a trap.
rv-6 n the hangar

Second Chance Six

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As Oshkosh 2025 nears, Tenley rallies support and tackles critical inspection tasks to get RV-6 N2165U flying again.

The Hummingbird Airworthiness Inspection

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A DAR walks through the paperwork and practical steps needed to get an Experimental helicopter inspected—and reflects on what it means to finally fly.
Clecos in an airplane panel illustrating the many repetitive task

Eating the Elephant—Part 4

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Dealing with repetitive tasks.
Thorp T-18 rudder with taillight

Adding a Taillight to a Completed Rudder

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A creative, low-impact solution for mounting a light without cutting up your rudder.
Gyro Technic GT-VX1 (left) and GT-VX2 gyroplanes coming in for landing. (Photo: Loren D. Jones, courtesy of Gyro Technic.)

Assembling a Gyro Technic VX-2

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A pilot chases his dream of building and flying a gyroplane with help from Gyro Technic in Minnesota.

In Case You Missed It

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 11

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

Big Brother is My Copilot

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Hangar chat prompts pilot to remove alternator and fly battery-only, sidestepping ADS-B tracking and compliance costs.

Wind Tunnel

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In order to bank the airplane and execute a turn properly, adverse yaw must be countered or eliminate altogether. The discussion of how to do this includes rudder control, aileron-rudder interconnects, directional stability, differential ailerons, aileron drag and the use of spoilers;

The Dawn Patrol

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Five bottles and counting.