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Practical Electrical
Battery facts and fables for the aircraft builder–part 2. By Robert L. Nuckolls, III.
Give Yourself a Brake
Brakes are pretty simple to install and maintain, but they are also pretty important. The stopping, and in many cases steering, of your airplane...
Practical Electrical
Battery facts and fables for the aircraft builder–Part 1. By Robert L. Nuckolls, III.
Easy Wire Identification
No need to use expensive heat shrink labels for your wiring systems. If you just want to keep track of wires in a single...
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Various and Sundry
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Practical Electrical
Battery facts and fables for the aircraft builder–part 2. By Robert L. Nuckolls, III.
Beware the Scammer
We don’t talk about scams a lot in Experimental aviation. Yes, there were probably...
Firewall Forward: Fuel Injection
Last time we talked about carburetors, so this episode of KITPLANES Firewall Forward looks...