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Down to Earth
...her, in many ways came pretty easily. And building? Well, that was definitely a team effort. The two settled on a Van’s RV-7 as their airplane of choice because of...
The Dawn Patrol
...around the perimeter of the field and end up in a motorcycle/bike parking area pretty dang close to the RFA building. The only fly in the ointment was that the...
Completions
...a great man, Stan Shannon from Texas, who was building a BushCaddy ELSA. Every day you meet great people as you take on this kind of project, and that is...
What’s New
...ideal starting point for customers who want to get a feel for building their own airplane. Fuselage: The new tack-welded chrome-moly steel fuselage offers significant savings over the fully welded...
Letters
...years into the building of my Zenith 601XL. Of course, it was supposed to take 18 months, (according to my pre-purchase calculations), but, hey, whos counting, right? So it was...
Flight Review: The Wittman W10 Tailwind
...contributions to landing-gear design—a slim tapered steel rod to replace the flat spring-steel or Cub-style designs popular in the infancy of homebuilding. Wittman divined that a carefully shaped metal rod...
Ask the DAR
...Ann, have built seven amateur-built airplanes including two ultralight types, a Moni Motorglider, a Dragonfly Mk2, two RV-6s and a Zenair CH 601HDS. They are currently building a scratch-built biplane....
Coming Soon: Try Before You Buy Zenith Workshops
Participants in Zenith factory workshops have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in building a Zenith kit aircraft. For a relatively low cost, they can start assembling parts of the...
Reinventing the Wheel
...have a background in aeronautical engineering or flight test might not realize the amount of effort that goes into finding a good static location and building static ports that will...
Belite Adds Pricing Options
...but this improved kit is priced at $1430 and is an ideal starting point for customers who want to get a feel for building their own airplane. Fuselage The new...
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Bob FritzIn recognition of Bobs major contributions to this magazine, he has been moved...
![The alternative to bending down as the propeller is pulled through the compression stroke is to keep the back straight and bend the knees slightly, stepping away in a crouch. [Credit: LeRoy Cook]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_1519-scaled.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Manual Starting Methods")
Manual Starting Methods
Practical techniques for hand-propping and other manual engine starts when an electric starter isn't available.