![[Credit: magniX]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Magnix.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1 "MagniX Unveils Electric Engine for the GA Market")
Sennheiser Withdraws from the Cockpit
Audio specialist Sennheiser is withdrawing from the pilots' headset business in March 2016. The company says it will fulfill all its obligations for servicing...
Belite Special Offer: 25% Off on Digital Altimeter/VSI
The Belite Digital LCD Altimeter / VSI is designed to provide many critical pieces of flight information to the pilot in a single, small...
Garmin Team X Introduces GAD 27 Adapter
New GAD 27 pairs with G3X Touch to streamline installations and add more capability
Garmin announced the GAD 27, a small, lightweight and solid state...
Two Week Wonder
New program offers finished kit aircraft in just two weeks
Based on similar well-established kitplane builder-assistance programs (i.e. Sportsman 2+2), Plane-Crafters now offers the ultimate...
Garmin Expands Obstacle Database to Include Canada
Garmin has announced expanded availability of our comprehensive obstacle database to now include Canada for select Garmin portables and certified avionics. Man-made structures such as...
SAM Aircraft: Super deal
Airplane comes with -- literally -- "everything."
SAM designer selling airplane, drawings, files, all assets, for less than the price of a kit.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada:...
Valve Guide Cleaning Reamers for Lycoming Engines
McFarlane offers special reamers in the necessary sizes to clean your Lycoming engine exhaust valve guides per Lycoming Service Instruction 1425A. The McFarlane cleaning...
VamPLIERS Solve Problems
In our many decades building (wrenching on) airplanes, we've run into our fair share of stripped and buggered up screws. Getting them out has...
Kitplanes Magazine Sponsors Zenith STOL Competition
STOL competition highlights festivities at Zenith Open Hangar Day festival
The second Zenith Aircraft Open Hangar Day STOL Competition is set for Friday, the day...
1,000 RV-12 Kits Sold
On August 27, 2015 the shipping department at Van's Aircraft Inc. had several orders to fill. By the end of the day, they'd rolled...
In Case You Missed It
What’s a Nice Guy Like You Doing in a Plane Like This?
Making the transition from certified aircraft to Experimentals.
Cables and Pulleys
Even though many planes have most of their flight controls actuated by pushrods and...
Denso Alternator Homemade Adaptation
Swapping a Denso alternator into a Lycoming engine? Here’s how one builder tackled pulley design for optimal reliability.