On a recent visit to CubCrafters to help build a Carbon Cub UL, our editor in chief got a first-hand look at the company’s latest bit of manufacturing tech: a semi-automated Haas six-axis milling machine. The coolest part? The robotic arm that manages raw billet blocks going in and, almost tenderly, extracts the finished piece from the mill when it’s done some 40 minutes later.
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Inside KITPLANES: Flight Review Procedures
KITPLANES has a system for conducting flight reviews of airplanes, much like homebuilders may (or should) when they are considering which project to build. Editor-at-Large Marc Cook takes you through the evaluation process.
What’s New
Lycoming offers zero-time, factory-rebuilt engines to pilots and owners for the cost of a factory overhaul, in exchange for a first-run core; RPX Technologies introduces the simple and straightforward DynaVibe prop and rotor balancer. Edited by Mary Bernard.
Morning Sickness: It’s About Sticking Valves
Although its not a new phenomenon, you may not be aware of reduced valve stem to valve guide clearance syndrome and what to do to alleviate it. By Steve Ells.
Reading about Vans financial problems, the entire general aviation community is faced with astronomical cost increases. The average Joe six pack can no longer build an Elsa aircraft due to material and engine cost. At 77 years of age flight is becoming a past memory due to cost of building, rental, insurance cost and fuel. Kit prices have escalated to a point that building your own aircraft had become a past dream unless you are rich.
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