Hide the Comm
Someone asked me (after seeing the panel photo of our nascent Rocket front office) why there are circuit breakers underneath the IFR Nav/Transponder on...
Twelve Volts Anywhere, Anytime
A handy tool to have in the shop, avoiding a bunch of random long wires that always seem to get in the way.
Replacing Studs When Switching to P-Mags
Switching to P-Mags? Here's how to easily replace overly long engine studs when removing impulse coupler spacers for electronic ignition upgrades.
Will there be smoke? One builder’s RV-10 comes to life!
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...
Switch Wrench
It can be a royal pain to get any sort of a wrench onto the rear nut of a toggle switch.
The Process
To the uninitiated, it looks like it’ll be done soon, doesn’t it? But “The Process” still has a long way to go.
In Case You Missed It
What Are the Odds?
My first winter in Oregon came and went. The weather’s been fairly nice leading...
Archive: November 1997
Ron Wanttaja sampled the still-new Van’s RV-8 for our cover story in the November...
Unfit for Flight
Our culture’s version of schadenfreude often distills down to something called the Darwin Award,...
Archive: December 1988
A Great Lakes biplane was on our December 1988 cover, and the issue contained...