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In-Cockpit Satellite Radio: Do It Yourself 0 ® www.kitplanes.com $4.99 CANADA $5.99 In-Cockpit $4.99US $5.99CAN Satellite 01 Radio: Do It Yourself 0 09281 03883 2 JANUARY 2005 VOLUME 22, NUMBER 1 ADVERTISER INFORMATION ONLINE AT WWW.KITPLANES.COM/FREEINFO.ASP ® On the cover: Howard Levy photographed Cory Bird piloting Annual Directory, Part 2 his Symmetry—this year’s recipient of the Grand Champion 25 CONSIDER A PLANSBUILT PROJECT award for best plansbuilt aircraft at Oshkosh. Read Ed John M. Larsen compares building a plans Wischmeyer’s article beginning on Page 6. project to assembling a kit. 31 2005 PLANS AIRCRAFT DIRECTORY We list aircraft that can be built from plans; compiled by Julia Downie. 53 PLANS COMPANY CROSS-REFERENCE You can find the company if you know the name of the design. Builder Spotlight 6 PERFECT SYMMETRY Fourteen years in the making, this unique gem was worth the wait; by Ed Wischmeyer. 65 COMPLETIONS Builders share their successes with our readers. Shop Talk 57 GAS WELDING FOR THE NON-WELDER, PART II In the conclusion of this series, Scott Laughlin advises on achieving a solid weld. 67 AERO ’LECTRICS Install a Roadie satellite radio in your homebuilt; by Jim Weir. 72 ENGINE BEAT The second generation of rotary engines is introduced to the homebuilt market; by Ed Wischmeyer. Designer’s Notebook 61 WIND TUNNEL Flying on the dark side of the curve; by Barnaby Wainfan. Exploring 2 AROUND THE PATCH Adding a little personality; by Brian E. Clark. 4 WHAT’S NEW 6 The Sportsman 2+2 adds Montana Amphibs; edited by Brian E. Clark. 10 MAKING THE SPORT-PILOT DECISION To fly in the new down-scale mode: That is the question; by Dave Martin. 12 DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT Zenair’s Chris Heintz has the innovation and forthrightness to achieve success; by Tim Kern. 20 ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT Autopilots can lend a hand when the going gets tough; by Dave Higdon. 25 54 LIGHT STUFF This pioneer in the ultralight industry is still 10 going strong; by Dan Johnson. Kit Bits 3 LETTERS 64 LIST OF ADVERTISERS 69 BUILDERS’ MARKETPLACE 75 THE CLASSIFIED BUILDER 80 KIT STUFF Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha. 12 KITPLANES JANUARY 2005 1 Around the Patch BY BRIAN E. CLARK Adding a little company that would aid builders in get- ting insurance for Lancair IV-Ps. Builders have traditionally had difficulty getting personality. hull insurance for the IV-P, due to its per- formance numbers (330 mph at 24,000 feet) and high wing loading. After the sidebar’s publication, Lan- cair contacted us and requested that we hroughout the last year, we’ve We’d like to take on a wide range expand upon a statement made in the continually pressed you for feed- of designers—in addition to the names description of the company’s High Per- T back on the magazine—thoughts, we all know so well, our goal is to feature formance Aircraft Training (HPAT), an suggestions and comments on current some lesser known personalities as well. essential part in the plan for builders to editorial and topics you’d like to see in the If you have suggestions on aircraft obtain full insurance coverage. The com- future. One of the common themes that designers with interesting stories, please pany asked that we make it more clear we’ve noticed in many e-mails we’ve e-mail us ([email protected]) that not everyone will pass the training. received is the desire for more and tell us why their story would Pilots taking the course must meet a stan- personality-based content on make a good subject. dard—they will not be issued a certifi- the pages of KITPLANES®. And keep those com- cate until they meet that standard. The magazine does a great ments coming. We’ll do our And that certificate is mandatory to qual- job of featuring aircraft and best to oblige and provide ify for the insurance program; simply products, you’ve told us, the content you’re most completing the 10 hours of training but more about the looking for. won’t satisfy the requirement. builders, designers and indus- Some participants will need to get try personalities would be ideal. Some Corrections training from an instructor before they’re To that end, we introduce this In the September issue’s “Bring capable of passing the course, and others month a new series of articles. Titled on the Tools!” article, we made two may never be able to pass the course, “Designer Spotlight,” each edition will errors that need to be corrected. First, we regardless of training. feature a different aircraft designer from provided incorrect contact information “A student can complete the ini- the homebuilt industry. KITPLANES® for Metalcraft Tools, manufacturer of tial training and it be determined that contributor Tim Kern will be putting the English Wheels that author Ed Wis- additional training is required,” said Lan- the series together by sitting down with chmeyer wrote about. The company can cair’s Kimbra Guillot-Ong. “This would be each designer, getting a good sense for be contacted at 904/259-4427 or determined by the instructor at the end the history involved and turning it into www.metalcrafttools.com. of the initial training period. A certifi- a great piece for the magazine. The series Second, we misidentified the cate of completion would not be issued won’t appear on a monthly basis, but source of the primer pistol tool shown until the student had completed this our goal is to publish between four and on Page 51. The author discovered the additional training and was checked out six per year. tool through Synergy Air, a group of by an official High Performance Aircraft The first edition of “Designer Spot- RV builders in Eugene, Oregon, that Training instructor.” light” features Chris Heintz, patriarch offers classes and builder assistance for According to Guillot-Ong, about 12 of the Zenair/Zenith line of aircraft. RV builders. The tool is not available pilots of the approximately 100 partici- Heintz has been active on the U.S. home- from Wicks Aircraft as we said in the pants in the HPAT training program have built scene since the mid 70s, and his article, but through Aircraft Spruce, not completed the course of their first designs are some of the most recogniza- Avery Tools, Cleaveland Aircraft Tools try. Nine of those 12 have been asked to ble among the aircraft in our niche. and Van’s Aircraft. complete additional training before Heintz promotes easy-to-build aircraft returning to the HPAT program for anoth- that are designed for the everyday pilot. A Clarification er try. The other three likely won’t pass, He shared lots of details about his 30 In the October 2004 issue, we ran even with additional training. years in the business, and Tim’s report is a sidebar titled “The Lancair IV-P: An The bottom line? Lancair wants to fascinating. The photos alone are incred- Insurance Solution” on Page 44 in the make sure that only truly qualified pilots ible—I hope that the designers we inter- main text of “Insuring a Kit Aircraft Pro- pass the course and are able to take view in subsequent editions are as gen- ject” by Cory Emberson. The sidebar advantage of the insurance program. If erous in combing through old photos detailed a proposed plan in the works you plan to try, you’ll have to prove your albums as Heintz was. between Lancair and a major insurance skills in the cockpit. 2 KITPLANES JANUARY 2005 WWW.KITPLANES.COM Letters Some Perspectives On Our Homebuilt Safety Issue January 2005 Volume 22, Number 1 Experimental aircraft are exempt from the performance and safety standards applicable to certified aircraft. Therefore, they should have a higher accident rate. If they had the same safety record as the certified birds, we would have to question EDITORIAL the validity of the entire block of FAA regulations related to design criteria, certi- Editor Brian E. Clark fication testing and maintenance by licensed mechanics. [email protected] While some regulations are counter-productive, there is no reason to doubt Managing Editor Regina P. Ciardiello Technical Editor Ed Wischmeyer that, taken as a whole, the certification and maintenance regulations do increase Contributing Editors Ken Armstrong, safety. The critical question is: do these regulations increase safety enough to off- Dave Higdon, Dan Johnson, Gary R. Jones, set their costs? At the jet end of the performance spectrum the answer is almost cer- Geoffrey P. Jones, John M. Larsen, Howard Levy, tainly yes, but that the low and slow level, the answer is not so clear. Perhaps you Rick Lindstrom, Dick Starks, Barnaby Wainfan, Jim Weir can persuade some manufacturers to release enough data on their certification costs Senior Art Director J. Anthony LaGrasta Cartoonist Robrucha to allow a meaningful comparison. Jim Chaput ADVERTISING Dahlonega, Georgia Publisher/Ad Director Cindy Pedersen [email protected] ® Senior Advertising Manager Chuck Preston I have read and reread the three articles in KITPLANES on the accident sta- [email protected] tistics for amateur-built aircraft. While I find the information a bit uncomfortable, mostly because I suspect it is accurate, I welcome the constructive approach BUSINESS OFFICE taken with this topic. I don’t like the contents of the message, but it is a story that 531 Encinitas Blvd., Suite 105, Encinitas, CA 92024 has to be told. Main Number: 760/436-4747, fax 760/436-4644 Editorial: 973/227-7660, fax 973/227-7630 The first step in solving a problem is admitting that it exists in some form.
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