Theory vs. Practice

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My mom once told me that when she and dad got married, she had three theories about raising kids. Then she had me and...

Nuts and Bolts

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Aircraft quality nuts, bolts, washers and other hardware are the right things to use if they hold the things together that keep you in the air.

Confessions of a Blockhead

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Gauge blocks are the foundation for pretty much everything. At least everything that has to do with precision measuring and manufacturing. I use parallels,...

Warm Up Your Engine This Winter

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Count yourself fortunate if you live in a region where winter does not bring average nightly temperatures much below freezing! For the rest of...

1990 and 2006 Redux

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Way back in 1990, when I had brown hair and was a wee lad of 47, I did one of my first KITPLANES® articles...

Laps and Lapping

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Lapping was an important step featured in two recent columns. Last month’s gauge block project and the September 2020 drain adapter both demonstrated basic...

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.

Where’s the Throttle?

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Engine controls, and all other controls in the cockpit, should be labeled as to function and direction. It is standard practice to use black...

Clearly the Same?

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There are two materials that are commonly used for homebuilt windshields and windows: Lexan and Plexiglas.

Makin’ PC Boards

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Looking back at projects in prior issues of KITPLANES®, I realize I’ve given you a lot of good ideas for circuits without telling you...

In Case You Missed it

Building the eXenos

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Part 3: Prepping the patient, de-motoring the motorcycle.

It’s Time to Start

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It’s said you don’t know where to begin until someone shines a light down...

Completions

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Builders share their successes.

Completions

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Builders share their successes.