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It’s been a couple of years since we looked at how homebuilts generally fared in the accident statistics vis-à-vis certified aircraft. This time around we’ll look at the safety records of specific homebuilt designs, starting with the Van’s RV.

The importance of understanding your aircrafts avionics systems in terms of form, function and troubleshooting.

This month well go through the step-by-step vacuum-bagging process for an aileron trimtab part to see how to deal with extreme contours.

Builders share their successes.

Why we need regulated voltage in our aircraft and how zener diodes, resistors, transistors and semiconductors help us get there.

When the airflow separates from a surface, the result can be unsteady forces or turbulent wake shedding, neither of which is desirable.

Designer John Monnett has been waiting more than three decades for his SubSonex very short-winged glider to take off, and now it just might.

It doesn't take a fortune to get a homebuilt aircraft completed and flying, and we look at a few designs that prove the point. By Marc Cook and Mary Bernard.

Equipping your homebuilt aircraft for night flight has become both more complicated and more flexible thanks to a wide variety of LED lighting solutions. By Mary Bernard.

Now that you've fabricated your seat upholstery, its time to tackle the rest of the interior with a look at carpeting and door panels.