Garmin introduces the VIRB 360

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Garmin announced the versatile VIRB 360, a compact, rugged and fully spherical 360-degree camera. The waterproof VIRB 360 is an easy-to-use camera that captures impressive high-quality video up to 5.7K/30fps, with four built-in microphones to ensure everything sounds as good as it looks in any direction.

Ed Lee's Sonex

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I completed Sonex #1212 and made the first flight August 28, 2016. It now has 112 hours on it with its Corvair 3100cc engine...

A Secure Feeling

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I like harnesses - especially ones that make me feel secure. Our Tundra came with standard lap and shoulder belts that used the age-old...

Redesigned Airstreak from Alaskan Bushwheels

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Airframes Alaska announced the latest improvement to the Alaskan Bushwheels line of backcountry flying tires: The Airstreak 2.0. The redesigned Airstreak tire features 20%...

Yup, its an Oshkosh Plane

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How can you tell this plane has been to Oshkosh (or, to be fair, maybe Sun 'n Fun)? By looking in the passenger side...

Simple Days

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Whenever I get a chance to wander through the EAA Museum in Oshkosh, as I did last week, I like to stop and pay tribute to the older, early planes that represent the roots of homebuilding. Sure, there are all sorts of neat high performance and record setting airplanes - but these simple planes that harken back to an earlier era are what got this whole "experimental aviation" thing going for us.

Extreme Fun

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To some, extreme sports are jumping off mountains with a wing suit, snowboarding off cliffs, or mountain biking on a razor's edge ridge in...

Seen at Mojave

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Pre-event publicity for the 2017 Mojave Experimental Fly-In was low-key this year, but that didn't stop a healthy crop of experimentalists to buzz in for this popular meet-and-greet gathering. Perfectly CAVU, windless weather helped as well.

Prandtl Wing, Goldschmied Fuselage

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Attendees at the 2017 Sustainable Aviation Symposium (held in San Francisco, California) could be forgiven their startle reactions when they confronted a science-fiction like...

Care and Feeding

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One thing about having multiple airplanes around - it takes a considerable amount of time to keep them all happy and healthy. (Hint -...

In Case You Missed It

One Builder’s Headache is Another’s Project

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Sometimes picking up a project that needs a little work is just the ticket for (re)building satisfaction.

Metal Magic: Should You Bother Priming?

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Paul Dye wraps up the KITPLANES Metal Magic series with a discussion of whether...
The finished items ready for alodine. The inside edges of the tie-down holes were later chamfered and smoothed.

Tie-Down Brackets

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Finding an angle on staying grounded.

The Big Picture and Red Herrings

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The big picture and red herrings.