![[Credit: McFarlane Alaska]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/McFarlane_tailwheel.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1 "McFarlane Alaska Absorbs Backcountry Favorite T3 Tailwheel")
![[Credit: FAA]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/FAA-Mosaic-1.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "MOSAIC Isn’t a Question of Can You—But Why You’d Build")
![[Credit: EAA]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/vintage-in-review-herb-clark.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Vintage in Review Returns to Oshkosh: Five Days, Five Stories, and a Living OX-5")
![[Credit: Zenith Aircraft Company]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/31142685469.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Zenith Throws Open Its Doors for “Fly-In to Summer”")
![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=265&h=198&crop=1 "Conquering the Magneto, Part 2")
Van’s Up-Powered RV-14A Walkaround
What's new with the RV-14A? Van's Greg Hughes walks us through the changes for the '14 and the updates surrounding the Lycoming IO-390-EXP119 engine.
Zenith Workshops – Virtual and in Person
Zenith Aircraft is inviting future builders to join them for the next hands-on live virtual workshop next month from the comfort of your own...
No Charge – No Kidding!
Crimps are important, and as much as we hate it, you need special tools to do them right.
Homebuilt Aircraft Feature and Capability Survey
Tell Us What You Think
Experimental aircraft have long been about innovation and personalization. We know that from looking at the available designs and talking...
CarbonCub NX Flight Review
KITPLANES Editor in Chief Marc Cook flies the powerful but easy-flying NXCub with CubCrafters' Brad Damm.
CarbonCub NX Walkaround
Follow along with CubCrafters' Brad Damm to learn about the details and design considerations of the new nosewheel-equipped NXCub.
Ly-Con Awarded GARDSert Process
We were at Ly-Con Aircraft Engines the other day checking in on some O-200 cylinders when Ly-Con majordomo Ken Tunnell showed us a nifty...
Insurance for Experimental Aircraft Roundtable
A hardening insurance market can impact your choice of homebuilt.
Ready for Main Engine Start!
That’s a phrase I haven’t heard since my space shuttle days, but it ran through my head yesterday as my wife got ready to...
New Products From Beringer
Beringer announced two new products for experimental aircraft - a double-shock suspension system which is supposed to reduce loads on the aircraft's landing gear...
In Case You Missed It
North to Alaska
When faced with the choice of going commercial or flying his RV-6 to Alaska, author Ken Scott opted to be pilot in command. Having never flown his plane on trips long enough to require an en-route fuel stop, he figured it was time. What ensued was the trip of a lifetime, with scenery only Alaska can offer, glimpses of aviation history, and flying challenges tempered by friendly encounters with the natives.
