Injector Cleaning

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Guess what we're doing here. If you own a fuel injected aircraft engine and do your own maintenance, you probably recognize the process--we're cleaning fuel injector nozzles.

Welcome to the Races!

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Race week is here, and airplanes from all over have come to Reno, Nevada to see who is fastest - and the largest single...

Sure, I Planned That

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Sometimes its just fine to be lucky when what you'd really like to be is good. Take, for instance, the rear corner of the...

STIHL Signs On As Presenting Sponsor of the National Championship Air...

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The National Championship Air Races today announced that STIHL has signed on as the presenting sponsor for the 2016 and 2017 races. "STIHL partnered with us last year as a gold sponsor of the NBC Sports show and we are thrilled that they have decided to come on board in such a big way as the presenting sponsor of the 53rd and 54th National Championship Air Races," Reno Air Racing Association President and CEO Mike Crowell said.

Is That Bolt Hollow?

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Why yes…yes it is! One of the clever inventions we ran into at AirVenture this year was on display at the Click Bond booth. Click...

A Clever Gadget

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One never stops learning! Although I have been working on airplanes most of my life, I still smile when I get to learn something...

Power up!

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Boy, I am enjoying building "simple" for a change. Most of my airplane projects are fairly complex machines with multiple EFIS screens, IFR capability,...

Smoke Season in the Sierra

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It's that time of year in the western United States--smoke from wildfires reduce the visibility in the mountains for the usual 100+ miles to...

Long Spar – Meet Big Squeezer!

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One good reason to make lots of friends when you get in to homebuilding--sooner or later you're going to need a special tool, and...

Not Your Father’s David Clark

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While I generally use very lightweight in-the-ear headsets these days (because they allow me to wear floppy hats in my bubble-canopy airplanes) there is...

In Case You Missed It

Deformed Gascolator O-Ring

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Some gascolators have internal O-rings that should be checked for deformation regularly. This was...

Firewall Forward: Compression Testing

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Unlock the mysteries of the aircraft-engine leakdown test, otherwise known as the differential compression...

All About Avionics: Autopilots

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Want to be fresh at the end of a long flight? Experimental-only autopilots beat their certified counterparts. They're usually less expensive, more capable and far more user-serviceable (if you know what you're doing). By Stein Bruch.