![Making rare use of my drafting tools for the internal timing. [All Images Credited to Andrew Robinson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/P1010535.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1 "Conquering the Magneto, Part 2")
![The integrated ECLIPSE NG features a very sunlight readable display that shows the engine and all flight data organized in one or more pages. [Credit: Fielden Aero LLC]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1_Screenshot_.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "FLYBOX Avionics")
![[Credit: Radiant Technology]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/550095_5165745cc27748a598699799d796fd94mv2.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Radiant Technology Unveils SafeGyro")
![[Credit: Dynon]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EMS-stand-alone_HDX.png?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Dynon Unveils Scalable Engine Monitoring for Kitbuilders")
![Aircraft control surface designs may include counterweights to offset and eliminate flutter. The counterweights should not be eliminated to save weight. [Credit: Kitplanes Archive]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/kitfox-s7-sti-04.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Weight and Flutter")
Sun 'n Fun 2019 – the Pre-Show
One of the advantages of having a media badge at a large aviation event is that I get to wander around the grounds unmolested...
AirCam Adds Third Seat
For Sun 'n Fun 2019 AirCam has announced the "Gen-3" model of the twin-engine AirCam airframe.
New Gen-3 model airframes will have the option of...
Garmin’s New GPS 175 and GNX 375 navigators with WAAS/LPV approaches...
Entry-level two-inch WAAS GPS navigators also offer wireless connectivity and more.
And Just Like That… It's Done
It's finished! Well, mostly finished... as finished as an airplane, or a paint job, can ever be. Painter John Stahr put the final touches...
A Day of Fussy Fuss
John Stahr announced first thing in the morning that Friday would be "a day of fussy fuss." It was time to address all those...
Light at the End of the Tunnel
John Stahr continued working on N958PD, KITPLANES Editor-in-Chief Paul Dye's recently built SubSonex jet on Thursday. With the large area painting completed and detailed...
Details, details, details…
The fifth day started bright and early with the limbering up of the spray gun and the deployment of white - the final major...
Now–In Living Color!
Work continued on the jet's paint job on Tuesday--and a long day it was. The detailed layout was completed the day before, so it...
A Little Paint and a Whole Lot of Tape
I don't know about you, but I always thought that airplanes are first covered with whatever paint will dominate the surfaces (commonly white) and...
Prepping and Priming for the Subsonex Paint Job
With most of the masking completed last night, the team immediately started into Scotchbriting all of the external aluminum areas on Paul Dye's SubSonex...
In Case You Missed It
Aero ‘lectrics
This month, Jim Weir describes how to create an LED strip with any three colors and offers a brief lesson on human optics too.
To (VHF) Nav or Nav Not
A KITPLANES Roundtable
Technologies develop, sometimes slowly over time, with the kind of sloth that...