Irene the Gyro

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“Irene the Gyro” was a design I put together while sitting on fire standby in Greece during an unusually wet season so I had...

Toth Sonex

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Sonex 1520 Special Airworthiness Certificate 22 August 22. First flight Sunday 28 August 2022.

Schaum Murphy Rebel

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After fifteen years of building perseverance, my "RebVair" finally took to the skies on November 15, 2022. It's the only flying Murphy Rebel powered...

Giraldo Sonex Waiex B

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At Sun 'n Fun 2016 my father Muricio Giraldo purchased the Waiex B blueprints and in November of that year the tail kit arrived...

Poynter Van’s RV-9A—a Whole Village Project

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This airplane became a 10-year 4-month “slow build” project involving the whole family.

Shop-Made “Factory Heads”

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Sometimes it's form over function.

Will there be smoke? One builder’s RV-10 comes to life!

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KITPLANES longtime contributor Larry Anglisano gets to witness the first power up of Mark Welch's partially completed Van's RV-10. A full Garmin G3X Touch...

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Home Shop Machinist

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Using tools to make tools. Bob Hadley.

Home Shop Machinist

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Cool tools for lathe work.

Roll Your Own

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Although the KK-1 is scratch-built, builders Ken Scott and Ken Krueger have used all of the modern tools at their disposal to expedite the design and building process. This month, Scott discusses the more than satisfactory results of load-testing the wing and horizontal stab;

2021 Propeller Buyer’s Guide

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Which Propeller?