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Gyro Technic GT-VX1 (left) and GT-VX2 gyroplanes coming in for landing. (Photo: Loren D. Jones, courtesy of Gyro Technic.)

Assembling a Gyro Technic VX-2

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...does recommend certain engines and avionics packages to simplify and speed along the building process. Week 1: Arrival, Skinning the Tail, and Building the Frame I arrived at Gyro Technic’s...
subaru alternative engine

Why Alternative Engines Rarely Save Money

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...by building their own aircraft using an old engine they found in the back of a hangar that still had some life left in it. I get that new aircraft...
Engine plenum is a common aircraft modification

Aircraft Modification Choices

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...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...
Humberd and his daughter posing with the 750 SDXtreme.

Building the 750 SDXTREME: Part 16

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...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"

Zenith Aircraft “Fly-In to Summer” Open House: June 21

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...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 Waiex in the Smithsonian Museum

One Week Wonder Joins Legends at the Smithsonian

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...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...
tornado damaged the london, kentucky airport, including kolb aircraft

Kolb Aircraft Impacted by Kentucky Tornado

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...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....
City of Las Cruces logo

Las Cruces SkyFiesta Features Sport Class Air Racing

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...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...
Finished egress handle with striping, fastened in place with #8 screws.

Easy Egress Handle

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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

Custom Heat Exchanger Fabrication

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...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...

In Case You Missed It

Know (You May Be) the Limit

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I was in a bad place. I knew the flight might not end well...

Fast Squeeze

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Todd Rudberg’s RV-8 helps usher in a modern era of nitrous-oxide-assisted sport planes.

Marketability

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The manufacturer must be able to sell enough airplanes to stay in business and make some money.

Kit Stuff

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Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.