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Jim Weir lays the groundwork for a DIY LED rotating beacon project.

Aero ‘lectrics

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Jim Weir offers a solution for how to regain reception when your rubber ducky antenna fails.

Aero ‘lectrics

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Proper sizing and selection of the wire that goes into an aircraft can have a profound effect on the efficacy of the installation.

Aero ‘lectrics

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Transistors don't like excessive heat, but there's a way to beat it: an engineered heat sink.

Aero ‘lectrics

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Jim Weir describes some close encounters with power regulators of the plastic and metal-can kind.

Aero ‘lectrics

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Jim Weir presses the venerable LM317 variable voltage regulator (plus a few other parts) into service as a way to juice up a discharged battery.

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How do you condition a battery not in regular use to extend its lifetime? Run it down and then charge it back up. Jim Weir explains how to achieve this with about $10 worth of parts.

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The enduring value of the LM386.

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Jim Weir wraps up the Back Yard II wind tee project, illumination and all.

Vacuum Bagging for Homebuilders

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Pleats, punctures and vacuum loss, oh my! Patrick Thomson addresses all of these potential problems and more in the last installment of his series on vacuum bagging at home.

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Aero ‘lectrics

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Three to Get Ready

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"…Now go cat, go…But don't you…Step on my Blue Suede Shoes." Elvis was singing...

Support Your Wings

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Having constructed several high-wing aircraft kits, I can attest to the anxiety that comes...

The New Guy

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Documenting your build. By David Boeshaar.