![[Credit: McFarlane Alaska]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/McFarlane_tailwheel.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1 "McFarlane Alaska Absorbs Backcountry Favorite T3 Tailwheel")
![[Credit: FAA]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/FAA-Mosaic-1.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "MOSAIC Isn’t a Question of Can You—But Why You’d Build")
![[Credit: EAA]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/vintage-in-review-herb-clark.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Vintage in Review Returns to Oshkosh: Five Days, Five Stories, and a Living OX-5")
![[Credit: Zenith Aircraft Company]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/31142685469.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Zenith Throws Open Its Doors for “Fly-In to Summer”")
![Making rare use of my drafting tools for the internal timing. [All Images Credited to Andrew Robinson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/P1010535.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Conquering the Magneto, Part 2")
Honeywell KX200 NavComm
The King KX155 and KX165 navcomm radios are two of the most popular navcomm radios of all time and there are plenty of these...
Meeting the Beater
Hummingbird builder Vic Syracuse waxes poetic on his Sikorsky-based Experimental helicopter, which is on display in front of the Lycoming building at AirVenture this...
The Start of a Long Day
Our community relies on the generous time devoted by EAA Tech Counselors and Flight Advisors to ensure good builds and safe first flights. Part...
Teen-built Homebuilts
One inspiring but not so obvious feature at AirVenture near the forums plaza is the display of teen and high-school built kit planes, showcasing...
Badland Aircraft Debuts “Thump Air” Engine For its F-1 Ultralight
Badland Aircraft of Truman, Minnesota, premiered its F-1 (named for the Fujita tornado scale) Ultralight in 2015. Since then, they have sold 29 kits...
2022 One Week Wonder Now Appearing
There is no One Week Wonder project this year (the next one is planned for 2026) but you can find the 2022 version in...
The Kitfox Muscles Up With the Rotax 916
Kitfox Aircraft showed not one but two Experimentals powered by the new 160-hp Rotax 916 at AirVenture 2023. We caught up with Kitfox's Brandon...
Van’s Updates Builders on Laser-Cut Parts
Van’s Aircraft responded to reports of cracking of dimpled parts found in recent kits here at AirVenture on Tuesday morning. The defects are the...
Standing Room Only
When KITPLANES’s Editor-at-Large gives a presentation, you can pretty much count on a standing-room-only crowd. Yesterday in the Homebuilders Hangar was no exception when...
Warning, Warning!!
“OSHALERT: Strong storms headed to Oshkosh. Expected 6:30-6:45 am w/brief heavy downpours & wind gusts 40-45mph. Please take precautions. Reply STOP to opt-out.”
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The Price of Power
More power! Bob Fritz takes a close look at what makes batteries go, what kind is best for your plane, and how to get the most out of your battery.
Home Shop Machinist: Power Polishing Promise
Back in the February 2019 issue of KITPLANES®, I promised a column about polishing...
Around the Patch
Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook looks at the editorial changes within EAA, and reinforces KITPLANES focus on homebuilding.
