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Flying Legend’s Tucano Replica
...metal-cutting machines, it was a given that the airframe would be made from aluminum. But the spark for building a Tucano replica came from the famous Brazilian Air Force formation...
Stand-alone VHF Radios
...EFIS interface. Got Space? If you’re building your project from scratch and have the panel on your bench, it’s time to scope out placement options for the radio’s control head....
Error Chain
...story on hippies in California building and flying hang gliders; I had to be about the only kid in Jersey dumb enough to try it. That didn’t work too well,...
Completions
...of building, in June 2013, my plansbuilt Mustang II passed the FAA inspection. At the end of July, the test pilot took it up and all went well. I have...
Firewall Layout
...in your own direction; it is what homebuilding is all about. But if you are going to go this route (by desire or necessity), I suggest that you bone up...
Editor’s Log
...an RV-8 that he built in 2005, and an RV-3 that he built with his pilot wife. Currently, they are building a Xenos motorglider. A commercially licensed pilot, Paul has...
Letters
...to the USA for school and flight training. He died before I could get back home, so now to honor his memory, I’m building the airplane. Your magazine and web...
Building the Thatcher CX5
...went really fast—much simpler than the wings. The fuselage took longer. While I was building the wings, Dave was building the fuselage frame and mounting the landing gear, engine, controls,...
Speed Deburring
...does in a split second. Decades of experience building aluminum airplanes has shown that deburring is good practice, and there’s no good reason to ignore those who have gone before....
Completions
...March 29, 2013 after three years (1500 hours) of cutting, drilling, asking, learning, and riveting. N1320X is the culmination of a lifelong dream of building and flying my own airplane....
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Here Come Hell’s Bells Again
We can use decibel calculations no matter if we are measuring in power or voltage; the calculations and outcome are identical.
Machinery Mobilization
Rich Seifert next to his Shopsmith Mark V combo machine. Factory wheels make...