Tale of Two Pitots
As part of an EAA Safety committee promoting the use of angle of attack flying, I fly a lot of different AoA systems. In...
Tune-Up Time
Like the proverbial frog who doesn’t know that the pot of water is getting warmer, it is easy to adapt to an airplane or...
Always Another Tool
One of the things I brought back from AirVenture last week was a kit from Flyleds to build two LED landing lights that we’re...
Grandaddy Document
We’re helping a neighbor friend clean out the hangar of her late husband, and running across all sorts of things that he collected as...
OSH23 – The REAL Kneeboard Notes
When I put my occasional musings on the web for KITPLANES, I refer to them as “Kneeboard Notes,” jottings that come to mind as...
Brushing Up
One of the unfortunate things about the massive capability that computers give us in today’s world is that we rarely have the time to...
Getting Around on the Grounds
First time visitors to EAA AirVenture predictably utter the standard pronouncement, “I had no idea it was so BIG!” I always try to prepare...
Hardware Musings
Two thoughts come from the shop today:
First—all you RV pilots out there, the nylon locknuts you need are MS21083N8. They are about a buck...
Slack Time – Part 4
So about welding…
I have spent 50 years working on airplanes of all types and materials—from tube and rag to metal plus a bit of...
In Case You Missed It
Custom Tools for Rod End Installation and Alignment
Tightening rod end bearings is easy when you make the right tools.
What’s New
Lights, engines, action. Kuntzleman Electronics debuts landing-taxi-recognition LED lights; the Sherpa flies again behind the K650 Honeywell turbine; and Fisher Flying Products gets ready to resume production from its new factory in Ontario, Canada. Edited by Mary Bernard.
Bob’s Donut Shop
In my April 2021 column, I described making custom rivet nuts to replace self-tapping...