Kneeboard Notes

Lighten the steel bolts for dynamic propeller balancing.

I got a chance to fly a new airplane that - while not experimental itself (it's a production SLSA), its roots run deep in...

As Sun 'n Fun 2016 draws to a close, I look back and realize that while the show was much like its many predecessors,...

Lycoming's three-day Engine Disassembly and Reassembly course kicked off this morning, and once again, here we are - this time the goal being to...

Not too many days ago, a dry lakebed near our home became the temporary residence of about 70,000 people as the annual Burning Man...

Living at an airpark has a lot of advantages - easy access to your plane (and shop), the ability to go flying for a...

One of the great things about experimental avionics has always been the ease of doing software updates--and the fact that most software updates bring us enhanced features well beyond what we might have been possible a few years ago.

It's always pleasant to spend a little time in the workshop making chips (or curlicues) out of 4130 Steel rod stock - especially when you have a use for the parts you are making. Such was my afternoon today - turning raw stock into squeezer die extensions to help set the rivets on our Xenos spar project.

It's been an odd winter for our area - lots of low cloud days and precipitation here in the Lake Tahoe region - and...

Take a look at these beautiful pictures, taken over the town of Truckee (CA), just north of Lake Tahoe,  at the northern edge of...