Kitbuilding as Easy as Child’s Play

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Plane and simple.

How Many Times Can You Drill Through the Same Finger?

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(Or how to build a Zenith CH 750 in just 11 years)

Behind the Scenes Access

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Creating access panels in your airplane.

The Stanley Screamer is One Sleek Sherpa!

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“I may never be able to buy an airplane…but maybe I can build one!” —Dale Stanley

Eighty Percent to Go

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That last 20% that feels like 80% is the time to slow down and pull out checklists, get other eyes on the project, call for a TC visit and sit in the airplane making noises.

Hawking That New Engine

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After 20 years the long-gestating DeltaHawk diesel is suddenly hotter than Jeff LaVelle’s turbos on a 400-mph lap.

Repeat Offender

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This time I want an airplane strictly built for the joy of flying. I want something simple and relatively cheap for that magical first and last half-hour of daylight, to be low and slow with no place in particular to go and sporting a massive grin.

Are You Shorthanding?

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If you're not careful, your non-building friends will find a way to change the subject.

Crew Coordination, Working the Weather

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Having a reliable and well-trained partner can help to evaluate not only a course of action—but the decision-making process that goes into that plan.

Sling Shot

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Rotax’s 916 enlivens Sling’s four-seaters.

In Case You Missed It

Archive: May 2003

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The Acro-Sport II was on our May 2003 cover, followed by a flight review...

Van’s RV-14

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The latest RV prompted quite a buzz. So what exactly is different about this roomy two-seater—and how does it fly? Taking off from the Van’s factory in Oregon, Paul Dye samples the new design.

Odds and Observations

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In a distant land, from which Vikings sailed and some of my forefathers sprang,...

Grease Is the Word

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Consistently use the correct lubricant for your airplane’s various parts, and you will go a long way toward preventing problems.