Rocket Racing League Announces Schedule, Velocity Aircraft Sold

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Positioning itself as a "new entertainment sports league that combines the exhilaration of racing with the power of rocket engines," the Rocket Racing League...

Rocket Racing

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Positioning itself as a "new entertainment sports league that combines the exhilaration of racing with the power of rocket engines," the Rocket Racing League announced that it will stage its first exhibition race at Oshkosh this year. The vehicles will be liquid-oxygen-fueled rockets in modified Velocity airframes. Three more exhibition races will be held at Reno (September 10-14), at the X-Prize Cup (Las Cruces, NM, date TBA), and at Aviation Nation, Nellis Air Force Base…

Amy's RV-10: Hangar Health

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Pro-Seal: It’ll stick to anything, the label says, and that’s the truth. We’ve recently re-experienced it when Van’s Aircraft sent us a bit to...

That's All Folks….

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Well, another Sun 'n Fun airshow has gone by. As the traditional start of the season, this one was, at times, fraught and promising,...

Plane-Power Keeps the Juice Flowing

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There's nothing like meeting vendors face-to-face to get instantaneous answers to your questions about their products, and the aisles in the four large commercial...

That’s All Folks….

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Well, another Sun 'n Fun airshow has gone by. As the traditional start of the season, this one was, at times, fraught and promising, often nail biting and reaffirming. It started, as you've certainly heard a thousand times, wet and muddy. By good luck, I elected to travel from the West Coast on Monday, missing the worst of the weather. The aftermath was there, however, in the form of soggy fields that would stiffen to…

What's That Banging? Metal Being Shaped

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On my way to the Zenith 701 sheet metal project, I was waylaid by the constant and very loud sound of sheet metal getting...

As Things Wind Down…

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As Sun 'n Fun concludes, it comes home that the week has seen a lot of aviating, hangar flying, buying, selling and wishing. Even...

If It's Not One Thing…

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It's another, and in the business of showing and selling aircraft, neatness counts. Early on in this year's Sun 'n Fun adventure, rain-soaked grounds...

Teaching Homebuilding Skills

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Many a homebuilder has heard the admonition from the uninitiated about how they love the idea of assembling their own plane, if only they...

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The Repairman Certificate

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Those of us who have built or are building Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft know that one...

Custom Door Lock, Latch, and Catch

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Who would have thought a fuel system mod would affect the doors?

Making Sandable Foam Glue/Filler

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An epoxy alternative thats easier to work with for low-stress, structural applications.

Design Process: Braced Wings

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As we saw last month, the designer has two fundamental choices of wing structural...