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Wind Tunnel
...sure any temporary hardware has been replaced with aircraft-quality goods before flying. One potentially dangerous situation arises from the fact that some things are assembled temporarily during building, or for...
Letters
...of the areas that occur to me. Over-designing critical areas so that amateur building mistakes don’t cause in-flight failure is yet another area. And, finally, clear instructions so that the...
Scott Thatcher's Zenith 601XLB
N601EL was my first attempt at building an aircraft and it was one of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of my life! After nearly five years, I received an...
Onex Sport Aircraft Receives FAA NKET Approval
Sonex Aircraft LLC has announced that the FAA’s National Kit Evaluation Team (NKET) has approved and published amateur building checklists for the company’s Onex single-place, folding-wing kit aircraft. These approved...
Building With a Partner
...issue. Enjoy. If it were easy to build an airplane, everyone would do it. But there are ways of building an airplane that are easier than others. Building with a...
Building as a Group
...open rear fuselage construction. Ernie Moreno promised, “We are not building flying coffins,” underscoring the seriousness of the enterprise and the desire to have a fulfilling and affirmative experience. The...
Fisher Flying Products
...Toronto. Initially, Riedlinger set up shop in an industrial building in downtown Toronto, allowing him to familiarize himself with the business while hunting for a permanent location at an airport....
2012 Engine Buyer’s Guide
It’s been said before, but it bears repeating: No single big piece of your homebuilt is as worthy of care, concern and caution as the powerplant. (Unless you’re building...
Firewall Forward: Choosing Your Engine
...rules out many others. Other times only one or two choices will fill the bill. For instance, if you are building a GlaStar, you can choose from a number of...
Free Flight
...to sloppy building and the use of materials from the big box store or the local building supply mega-mart? Won’t airplanes built this way begin to fall from the sky...
In Case You Missed It
Using Level Accelerations to Determine Climb Performance
A faster way to gather data over a wide range of conditions.
A Tale of Two Kits
What a difference a few years make. Paul Dye discusses the evolution of kits, using the two he built (Van’s RV-8 and RV-3) as examples.
Around the Patch
Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook takes a moment to put lifes challenges in perspective as Senior Editor Bob Fritz enters the fight of his life with his characteristic positive attitude.