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.

Soaring with Sonex

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Sonex Designer John Monnett returns to the motorglider scene with the two-place Xenos.

Building a RotorWay 162F, Part 4

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Part 4 of 8: Installing Controls

Gyroplane Safety

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by Ralph Taggart Most sport gyroplanes aren't beautiful or even cute, but there is no denying that they have a certain magnetic appeal. If you...

Metal Workshop Setup

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KITPLANES Magazine, March 2003 Every great homebuilt starts with a comfortable and efficient workshop.By Ken Scott So you've met the homebuilt airplane of your...

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Something to Do

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Upon his retirement, Jim Shy embarked on a lifelong dream of building his own airplane. But before he even decided on a design, he bought a place to keep it: his own airport.

Countersinking for a Flush Fastener Fit

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In last month’s column, we talked about the procedures needed for installing flush rivets...

Heat Shields Up!

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Protecting your cowling from excess heat.

Beware the Scammer

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We don’t talk about scams a lot in Experimental aviation. Yes, there were probably...