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Sometimes discretion really is the better part of valor. I'm sitting here in my home on the east side of the Sierra, just down...

It's always pleasant to spend a little time in the workshop making chips (or curlicues) out of 4130 Steel rod stock - especially when you have a use for the parts you are making. Such was my afternoon today - turning raw stock into squeezer die extensions to help set the rivets on our Xenos spar project.

The "little device" is the new digital, solid state turn coordinator from Belite - the makers of small, light airplane kits and gadgets for their panels. Their latest offering is something that will make folks looking for discrete gauges sit up and take notice.

One of the great things about experimental avionics has always been the ease of doing software updates--and the fact that most software updates bring us enhanced features well beyond what we might have been possible a few years ago.

Remember the old days? Back when batteries had caps you took off to check their fluid level? They had vent lines, and we worried about hydrogen venting and stuff like that – and really worried about having a battery that wouldn’t spill during aerobatics.

After 7.5 years my plans built Christavia MK-1 was finished and flown on September 24, 2016. It is powered by a Continental O-200 and...

If you own a Lycoming Engine, you probably think of it as a piece of tired and true technology that has been around for so long there is not much anyone can discover that is new. And... you'd be wrong!

There has not been much technical change of the Revmaster 2300 Turbo engine since last year's Alternative Engine Conference in Temecula, California. A development...

Good ideas are fairly common; bringing them to fruition not so much. But Pete Plumb is beating the odds with his 1/2-version of the...

The RADIANT Turn Coordinator provides a visual indication of turn rate along with a visual indication of slip/skid, using an ultra bright, daylight readable color LCD display.