Oliver: EAA has started an electronic version of the Experimenter which
promises to lean toward the more technical. If you are an EAA member, go to
the EAA website and sign up.

Stu Fields
"Oliver Arend" wrote in message
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Even though I am nowhere near building my (first) own plane, I do
(mostly) enjoy reading Kitplanes ever since I stumbled across it in a
supermarket in Mojave.

My background is aerospace engineering, which is very theoretical at a
German university, and I have only done some basic training in the
metal shop for about two months to learn about drilling, milling,
turning, welding and such. Building model rockets and the occasional
model airplane I have gained some experience with composites and I am
capable of soldering regular THT components... nothing too fancy I
suppose for someone who is seriously thinking about building a plane.

But when reading Kitplanes, it occurs to me that every article
concerned with a practical activity (be it composites, milling or
electronics) is targeted at such a low skill level that it seems
someone who hasn't even driven a nail into wood is reading it -- plus
the targeted skill level after the completion of said activity is
still very low: there shouldn't be any bubbles in your composite layup
on a flat surface to puncture with a pin. It means something's wrong
with your surface, your drapability or your applying epoxy and 'glass.

Is there a magazine (preferably w/ electronic subscription) out there,
which is as good giving an overview of the market and the occasional
tale about a build or a restauration, and better at describing how
homebuilts are built?

Oliver