Challenge Yourself

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It’s human nature to learn a new skill, work hard to “perfect” it and then settle into a peaceable existence just inside your comfort...

Helping Out

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You may have noticed, but things have gotten sort of expensive lately. The daily stuff has a new bite to it and the once...

Buy, Buy, Buy

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Time to talk about the “parts” portion of my column tagline. I’ve been a professional buyer for over seven years and while I still...

“Glare” Shield

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The body of this month’s column is part informational, part confessional and part Zen and the Art of Experimental Maintenance. One of the most...

Ripples

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I wrote this in April to meet a May deadline for this September issue of KITPLANES®, which came out before AirVenture in July. I...

Clattering About Diesels

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DeltaHawk’s DHK180 engine has received its FAA certification. Yes, that’s the same inverted-vee, four-cylinder, two-stroke Jet A-burning diesel we’ve heard about for years. And,...

Training, Teaching and Coaching

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With a title like that, you might expect that I’d excuse anyone without an instructor certificate from reading this month’s column. But if the...

Basically Bad

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Last month this column was full of low-skill derring-do; this month I’m back with another blood pressure raising potboiler, this time more of the...

Bored No More

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In a story full of admissions, I must start by confessing I had been thinking of ways to not fly the same old hour...

The Personalized Grip

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There comes a time, fairly early in the kit-building process, where if a builder is constructing an aircraft to be flown with a stick...

In Case You Missed it

Same Fun, Less Fuel

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Glasair Aviation leads the way with new Diesel Sportsman 2+2.

My Ten Favorite Tools for Building

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A common question on the minds of potential builders is what kind of tools...

Small Screen Upgrade!

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It’s a matter of Touch.

Torque Plates

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Torque plates are installed before any cylinders go on at the Lycoming engine...