Professionally Hosed: Watch Aero Performance Build Hoses for Experimental and Certified...

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Myron Nelson recently paid a visit to Aero Performance, a subsidiary of Aircraft Spruce, to see how hoses are made.

Quick Tip: In Praise of the Doodlebug

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Nobody likes trying to remove dried bug residue. Unless you catch them while still, um, moist, insect remains will dry to have an impressive attachment to your airframe.

A Little Protection

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A technique I learned when I bought my most recent car.

Hide the Comm

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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...

Panel Tricks… and Cheats

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Even if you’re only off a small fraction of an inch, the eye sees that the air vent isn’t concentric in the hole.

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...

Shop-Made “Factory Heads”

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Sometimes it's form over function.

Improve It

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Homebuilders enjoy improving things. We like our stuff to look better than stock.

In Case You Missed It

Drill Blocks

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Drill right, drill straight.

Dating Your Docs & Paint Touch-Up

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I’ve been reading recently through a collection of builder log segments with various descriptions...

What’s New

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AeroLEDs introduces new landing/recognition lights, Wicks Aircraft offers a comprehensive assortment of O-rings. Edited

Layout

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Rare is the occasion when you make a part in the home shop without some sort of layout work.