Cub Reporter Mandy Wainfan on Sun 'n Fun

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Imagine seeing an airshow from the eyes of a nine-year old.Mandy Wainfan has been taking photos for, oh, 4 months now and has been...

New Product: Set-and-Forget Air Conditioning

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Flightline AC, Inc., working in conjunction with Vertical Power, now offers an advanced automatic climate control system (CCS) for Experimental aircraft. The CCS was...

KITPLANES On Site At Sun 'n Fun

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Heavy rains over the last two days have left the Lakeland airport a mud-sodden mess. Early impressions are that the show traffic will ramp...

New Insight Engine Monitor and So Much More

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A buddy intercepted me on the flight line, and said there was this new engine monitor on display that you could use to balance...

Red Bull Air Races: What the Old, New and Experimental Can...

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It's race day on San Diego Bay in Southern California. I look around at the more than 70,000 people (120,000 over two days) assembled...

2010 Rotorcraft Buyer’s Guide

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If your taste in aviation runs to the rotor, dig in to this years edition of the Rotorcraft Buyer's Guide which features a panoply of helicopter and gyrocopter models you can build from a kit or from scratch. Compiled by Cory Emberson.

That's All Folks….

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Well, another Sun 'n Fun airshow has gone by. As the traditional start of the season, this one was, at times, fraught and promising,...

Spot Personal Messenger and Locator Tracker

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"This product truly evolved by a coincidence," explains Marcel Sibitz, marketing manager for Spot, the personal locator tracker device that has grabbed EAA member's...

The Ultimate Amphib

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It’s said that sailors make good floatplane pilots because they understand the nature of wind on the water. Sailboat racer and pilot Rick Orchard took that sentiment to heart in a big way when he decided to pump up an already large homebuilt (the Murphy Moose) by adding Aerocet amphibious floats and a 550-horsepower Pratt & Whitney PT6A-20 turbine engine.

Products: PS Engineering Expands Capabilities, Reduces Price on PMA9000EX

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PS Engineering's Experimental-aircraft-only audio panel/intercom introduced last year, the PMA9000EX, has gained new capabilities combined with a reduced price—how often does that happen?First the...

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Wind Tunnel

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Thrust-line adjustment is a powerful tool for tailoring flying qualities, but it’s complicated.

Wind Tunnel

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When the airflow separates from a surface, the result can be unsteady forces or turbulent wake shedding, neither of which is desirable.

Building the eXenos

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Part 5: Now the mechanical bits!

The Creative Homebuilder

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Make your own beading tool.