Lancair Evolution

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Lancair Aircraft is revolutionizing its already successful turboprop line of kits with the new Evolution, a 750-horsepower, Pratt & Whitney-PT6A-powered, carbon-fiber composite, 380-mph four-seater to be available later this year.

Wag-Aero Super Sport

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The easy-to-build, high-wing Wag-Aero Super Sport CUBy combines the Cubs classic looks with modern technology and materials, increasing both maximum weight and payload. Using engines of up to 150 horsepower, the Cub offers great short-field performance, high roll rates and easy glideslope control-a great option for those who cant afford vintage prices.

Light Stuff

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The Sky Arrow 600: a different kind of LSA; by Dave Martin.

Kitfox Super Sport

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With 4000 kits sold, a million hours flown and a loyal customer base, you just knew that the Kitfox would somehow find itself back in production. It's been out after the previous company, SkyStar Aircraft, went bankrupt in 2005, leaving builders in the lurch.

Metal Working 11-part Series

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Now the exceedingly popular and extraordinarily useful 11-part Build YourSkills: Metal Series is available as a single PDF. This must-have additionto your library was written by RV-7 builder Dan Checkoway and carefullyillustrated for first-time metal-workers and old hands alike. Mosteverything you need to now, from material handling and cutting to deburring,drilling and riveting is in this series.

Good Vibrations, Bad Vibrations

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Mating a prop to an engine requires more than a big wrench and some safety wire. Follow along on a real propeller vibration test.

Two Weeks to Taxi

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Welcome to the first of what we expect to be many web-based updates on KITPLANES big project for the year, the construction of a...

Build Your Skills: Metal, Part 2

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How to meld with metal and bash rivets without blood or tears; by Dan Checkoway.

Calculating Weight and Balance

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Tackling weight-and-balance calculations is a task we have all faced with some trepidation, but it is so vital, so important, so fundamental to flight...

Build Your Skills: Metal, Part 1

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An RV builder begins our journey through the gritty details of working with metal.

In Case You Missed It

Wind Tunnel

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When unexpected drag is an issue, the cause could be gaps in the skin of your airplane. A simple seal might solve the problem.

Home Shop Machinist

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Preservative fogger.

Around the World and Over Both Poles

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Sky Polaris-a historic flight in an RV-8, part 2.

What’s New

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Vizion—Tru Trak Flight Systems’ New Autopilot. By Kitplanes® Staff.