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Ron AlexanderOur popular Build Your Skills: Fabric series comes to a close with the final steps just before painting. Because the paint process itself...
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Distress SignalI just received the February 2009 edition and dove into its contents with great gusto. After reading through Bob Fritz's article ELTs of...
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Hummel We Go Along I just received the January 2009, KITPLANES and was surprised to see that Hummel Aviation was not included in the...
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LeRoy Cook Our man in the Midwest paid an autumn visit to Mexico, Missouri, to sample the new Zenith STOL CH 750. LeRoy, whose...
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Say You Want an Evolution?Great article on the Evolution, and what an excellent design by Lancair. The numbers you gave on the glide ratio...
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Starter SauceRegarding Amy Labodas experience with the purge valve in her RV-10, I also use an Airflow Performance experimental fuel-injection system on the IO-360-B1B...
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Susan Brunner Susan Brunner was nosing around her local airport one day when she started wondering how all of those beautiful homebuilt airplane paint jobs...
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Roll Camera!
Leave it to Dick Starks to get his foot in the door of a movie set by supplying WW-I replica aircraft. Once there, leave it to Dick to find trouble, even when hes not looking for it. No worries, though. Alls well that ends well, and the whole experience makes for a story thatll have you laughing out loud.
Constant-Speed Props
Sometimes using a constant-speed prop makes sense, but the decision is often a compromise among weight, cost and performance. By Marc Cook.
Homebuilt Aircraft Insurance
Choosing insurance for your homebuilt can be a complex decision. Scott Smith breaks it down and explains what you need to keep your plane covered-at every stage.
Design Process: Flap Types
Last month we took a look at the trade-offs the designer should consider when...