Kneeboard Notes
One of the frustrating things about editing a print magazine is the long lead-time required to bring ideas from the field into the actual...
No More Grease Spots
About halfway to Oshkosh last month, I started to notice spots of grease appearing on the canopy of our trusty RV-3. I've seen oil...
Sun 'n Fun Wanderings
One of the best parts about working for KITPLANES is the opportunity I get to wander around a large show like Sun 'n Fun...
Yup—That’s a Mustang!
Well, its actually a “Carbon Mustang”, the Scale Wings SW-51, a new kit from a German company, represented in America by an Arkansas group,...
Something Doesn’t Look Right
Look ma’ no eyebrow cooling holes! The electric Xenos project rolls on, and forces one to rethink what we hold to be conventional. Most air-cooled...
Me and the Val
It is so easy to take things for granted when you have had them for a long time. I've been flying my RV-8, which...
Clocks & Timers
Recently, a friend who owns both a certified airplane and a homebuilt asked my advice on what to do about the timer mounted in...
Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving weekend always seems to signal the start of real winter weather over the continental United States, and that means snow, ice, low ceilings...
Getting Fuelish
One of the interesting things about the Subsonex kit is that it is easy to skip around from one task to another as you're...
Dear FAA: Model Aircraft Are Not Drones
Sometimes when you set out to fix one problem you create one (sometimes many) more. That’s what I think is happening now as the...