New Products: Garmin Introduces GPSMAP495

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Two weeks before Sun 'n Fun, Garmin has introduced a new model to its portable GPS lineup, the GPSMAP495. While rumors have been circulating...

Marc’s Sportsman: The Annual, Exhausted Already

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One thing I knew would happen this annual: The pesky, albeit very small, exhaust leak that I found at the last oil change would...

Quickbuild RV Workshop

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Tackling even a quickbuild aircraft kit can be daunting, but now there's a way to get help with at least one type of aircraft, the popular RV series. Synergy Air has scheduled a five-day course titled Quickbuild Strategies based on the Vans quickbuild kit for the RV-7, -8, -9 or -10. The information provided in the course applies to standard kits as well. …

Garmin Introduces GPSMAP 495

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Two weeks before Sun N Fun, Garmin has introduced a new model to its portable GPS lineup, the GPSMAP495. While rumors have been circulating for some time that a successor to the popular 496 was about to be released-with the most common belief that it would have a different form factor than the -96 series and a touch screen-the 495 is more of an addition to the middle of the line rather than an expansion…

Upcoming in Home Machinist

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The Wright brothers were first with powered flight. But who supplied the power? Without Charlie Taylor, 1903 would have been just another year of...

Video: Lancair Evolution Makes First Flight

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Lancair International sent us this video of the first flight of the turboprop Evolution, which took place on Friday, March 21. Well-known test pilot...

Amy's RV-10: Is This Builder's Remorse?

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Was he just contemplating his work, I wondered, as I walked toward my husband, who was sitting catatonic in a green plastic chair in...

Marc's Sportsman: The Second “Annual” Begins

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I snuck out to the hangar in late February to make a simple modification to my Glastar Sportsman and inadvertently began the annual condition...

RANS Chaos and Sakota Aerobats Are Back

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Due to popular demand, the RANS S-9 Chaos and S-10 Sakota midwing one- and two-place aerobatic kit aircraft are back in production, the company...

FAA Issues Emergency AD on Precision Fuel Injection Systems-

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The FAA on Wednesday announced an Emergency Airworthiness Directive on certain Precision Airmotive RSA-5 and RSA-10 fuel injection servos to be inspected before further flight. Two recent incidents have been blamed on a loose servo plug. According to the AD, the servo plug gasket is thought to have shrunk with engine heat, which causes it to …

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Making a Business out of a Metal Rod

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Harmon Lange has made more landing gear legs than anybody.

Unusual Attitude

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Doug Reeves, creator of the Van’s Air Force web site, shares his personal philosophy about what it takes to fly safely and responsibly.

Cogswell’s Molds

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Some of the many cool details of Steve Cogswell’s RV project from last month’s...

Wind Tunnel

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Design process, part 7-runway surface.