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Aero ‘lectrics
...the whys and wherefores of the simple 555 timer chip. Honestly, this is one of those little “extras” that make homebuilding an aircraft worthwhile. Not even the heavy iron amongst...
Zenith Aircraft to Host "Fly-In to Summer" Event
...a successful aircraft kit manufacturing facility and to meet people who have already completed the building their own kit plane. Many people will take their first flight in a Zenith...
Sonex to Host Builder Workshop June 7-8
...while learning the ins and outs of all other aspects of building, flying and maintaining a Sonex Aircraft, all at Sonex company headquarters in Oshkosh, WI. Attendees also get a...
AKIA Industry Insights
...light airplanes or making them more affordable. In Pursuit of the Least Expensive Airplane The least expensive means of creating an airplane is that of scratch building, or building from...
Thirty Years of KITPLANES
...long time, a generation in fact. Thirty years ago, an aircraft kit was a new concept; before that, building a plane meant scrounging plans, or at least a design concept,...
Sling Goes Big
...for market and has experience building completed aircraft for customers (which is legal in South Africa). When it was time to head back to the show, the value of having...
Up With Smoke
...putting in a spare circuit breaker, knowing quite well what the spare was to be used for. After building the plane, making the first flight, testing, flying, and enjoying it...
How the Pros Do It: Ripley Air
...Wolf, himself famous for such projects as building the replica Hughes H-1 wings, and the GeeBee R2 with Delmar Benjamin. Let’s start with a look at a few details. It...
Checkpoints
...he is an instructor someday, too! The author’s first project, an RV-4, in the driveway at home. Along the way of building, flying, and inspecting airplanes, I’ve always tried to...
All About Avionics
...remove the entire control cable from the airplane. 11. Lastly, consider resale. I know, I hear it often: “I’m not building this airplane to sell.” But sometimes life gets in...
In Case You Missed It
To Launch a Light Sport
It’s amazing what a little light will reveal, in this case a planned hole for the wing that would have been dangerously close to the wingspar. No worries. The problem was remedied, and it was on to fixing flaws in the wing’s surface and working on the nosewheel and front suspension; by Bob Fritz.
What’s New
The Jabiru LSA was certified, a new Sport Hornet is introduced, Vertical Power offers climate control in the cockpit, Cirrus is taking orders, an old favorite book title is back in print, the PT-6 firewall-forward package is now on a Turbo Grizzly, and an LED pilot pen lights the great write way; edited by Mary Bernard.
Viewfinder
Mark Cook revisits George Happs RANS S-19 project to see how the Rotax 914 installation has panned out.
Hamming It Up
Amateur radio enthusiast Chuck Deiterich explains how pilots can use the Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) to track their flights and stay in touch with loved ones for a modest investment.