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The Big Kahuna of AirVenture’s Homebuilt World of Volunteers
...throughout the week. HB Hangar displays past AirVenture Grand Champion planes and other interesting homebuilts. The building also hosts homebuilding-related talks twice each day and the Builder Awards ceremony at...
Case Parting Plates
As part of building my Thorp T-18, I have a Lycoming O-290 that needs disassembly and inspection before being put into flight status. I acquired an engine that had supposedly...
Special 20 “Buster” Replica On Display in Homebuilder’s Hangar
...highly successful racer was active from 1931 until 1954 and reached a recorded level-flight speed of 177.3 mph to wing the Goodyear Trophy. The team building the replica spared no...
Oshkosh Without an Airplane
Photo: Dave Hirschman The first time I visited Oshkosh was in the very early 2000s—I was building my RV-8 and felt I needed to go on a shopping trip. I...
BACE Sonex Xenos Electric Rolls Out in Bremerton
...is installed on the ramp at Bremerton National Airport. The electricity for charging our Xenos will come from an array of solar panels on the roof of the BACE building...
Forked-Tail Masterpiece
...imagine the effort that went into designing and building such a complex, one-of-a-kind homebuilt aircraft. This was 10 solid years of designing and analyzing, followed by another 15 years of...
Oil Cooler Shutter
...necessary holes and cut a clearance for the cable fitting. All parts done, ready to install on the plane. Building the Control Mechanism Next, I made the cable anchor block...
Sitting Up Front Again
...equipment. Our emphasis is on the technical knowledge of building and owning these intensely individual and useful aircraft, along with conveying the experience of flying them. One huge advantage I...
FISK Arrival Now Included in Garmin Navigation Database
If you’ve been manually building your own arrival into Oshkosh via Lat/Lon coordinates and you have a Garmin avionics, you’re in luck because the FISK arrival is now a selectable...
Eating the Elephant—Part 5
...project that eventually gets sold. Let’s be clear—the goal of building as well as you can is admirable and should be rewarded. Building a solid, safe airplane isn’t the high...
In Case You Missed It
What Now?
Our first indication of a problem was a sudden deceleration of the airplane. The oil indications, both pressure and temperature, were deceptively normal.
Cracks, Both Foreign and Domestic
Perhaps like me, you missed the big show this year. That is, they ran...