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Building the 750 SDXTREME: Part 16
...This has been something I have struggled with during all my airplane building because I want to have multiple things in process at the same time. However, one of my...
Zenith Aircraft “Fly-In to Summer” Open House: June 21
...September 19 & 20, 2025. Zenith hosts monthly hands-on workshop classes at its factory to provide potential builders the opportunity to learn all about building their own kit airplane. ...
One Week Wonder Joins Legends at the Smithsonian
...and experimental aircraft—making it a visible and enduring example of what today’s kit builders can achieve. “Thousands of people participated in the building of this ‘One Week Wonder’ at Oshkosh...
Aircraft Modification Choices
...even greater difference in both the building process, through the use of jigs and templates, and in the aftermarket product availability. I think it will allow products to come to...
Kolb Aircraft Impacted by Kentucky Tornado
...of Kolb’s large hangar, much of which leaned precariously. An ultralight that they were building had been turned upside down and buried inside,” reported John Cheves for the Herald Leader....
Las Cruces SkyFiesta Features Sport Class Air Racing
...in the sky,’ with high-performance, kit-built airplanes safely flying around the pylons at speeds up to 400 mph. “We support entertaining our community, exciting our youth, and building awareness of...
Easy Egress Handle
The finished handle with striping, fastened in place with #8 screws. The instructions that came with the 20-plus-year-old F1 Rocket kit we’re building include a very “down home” tip in...
Custom Heat Exchanger Fabrication
...same issues as presented above in his Zenith 750 SDX build. Check out Part 11 of his series in the July 2024 issue of KITPLANES for another approach to building...
Eating the Elephant—Part 3
Photos: Paul Dye I love designing and building the cockpit. More than any other part of the ship, the cockpit is where the pilot lives and works—it is home. Sure,...
RV-10 Paint Scheme Paints a Family Story
...‘I’m doing this organization [EAA], do you want to be part of it?’ Len said, ‘Sure.’” Len introduced Ernie to homebuilding in 1978. “We talked often about building an airplane,”...
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Shop-made Blind Rivet Nut
Blind rivet nuts, also called rivnuts, rivet nuts or insert nuts, are a clever...
Alternative Engines and the Cult of Personality
Marc Cook digs into the challenging world of automotive conversions, reporting on the converts who learned how to build these engines at the West Coast Corvair College.