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Completions
...After five years of building my Van’s RV-10, N518RV took to the air in February 2010. It was painted in August, after Phase I flight testing was completed. It is...
Viewfinder
...hope to make a decent living—decent enough to live modestly but even remotely consider building and owning an airplane—have been hard hit. Outsourcing has made so many of these jobs...
Inside KITPLANES: Flight Review Procedures
Taking a critical look at an airplane you’re thinking of building isn’t much different for you than it is for us. In fact, we at KITPLANES® consider many of...
Build It Better: Where’s Your Margin?
...certain assumptions are made about the strength required, the capability of the systems, and the limits of endurance and range. Building and providing margin should be a goal of every...
A Tale of Two Kits
Homebuilding is not what it used to be. When I was a teenage hangar rat, there were a few old guys on our field putting together homebuilt airplanes that looked...
Efficient Engines
Avgas, you may have noticed, has gotten expensive. If you’re building an airplane or majoring an engine, the bite at the pump is sure to factor into your thinking....
Simplicity
...lighter—these are worthy goals for any designer. Most of us in today’s homebuilding world are not doing structural design—we are building from kits or plans where that work, for the...
Zenith CH 650 B
...control stick that’s become a Zenith hallmark. Building Blocks Everything the builder has to assemble is done with Avex blind rivets, structural items that are as far from hardware-store pop...
Firewall Forward: Lycoming Engine Service School
...produces about 200 piston airplane engines per month. Turbine engines were also produced in an adjoining building at one time, but that division has since been sold. Know-how on the...
Alternative Energies
...Equator’s web site lists eight cooperatives, groups investing time, skills and encouragement in building the prototype. These include EAA Chapter 273 in Blaine, Minnesota, and sponsors such as a Norwegian...
In Case You Missed It
![[Credit: AdobeStock]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/AdobeStock_125628775.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Roll Recovery, Part 2")
All About Avionics
More and more pilots are installing all-inclusive engine monitoring equipment in their aircraft, and, fortunately, todays monitors are dully reliable.