INTRODUCTION TO HOMEBUILTS
What Airplane Shall I Build
Obtaining Parts and Materials
You and the FAA
The EAA and the EAA Technical Counselor

YOUR WORKSHOP
Cut the Clutter
Shop Notes
How to Use Taps and Dies
A Bit about Bits
Aircraft Welding
Heat Treating Metals

CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES
To Nail or Not to Nail
Wood Wing Ribs
Metal Wing Ribs
Fairing Fuselages
Wing Alignment
Think Light, Build Light
Metal Fairings
Tips on Glue

CONTROL SYSTEMS
Fabricating Control Cables
Routing Control Cables
Trim Tab Installations
What to do About Adverse Yaw
Spoilers for Glidepath Control
Spoilers for Roll Control

FIBERGLASS TIPS
Getting Acquainted with Fiberglass
Fiberglass Your Bird
Fiberglass Fairings

COCKPITS AND CABINS
Cockpit Mock-up and How to Use It
The Shoulder Harness
Sitting Pretty
Cabin and Cockpit Heat
Cockpit Compartment Ventilation

CANOPIES/WINDSHIELDS
Working with Acrylics
Fitting and Installing Canopies
Canopy Access Details
Canopy Latches

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
Aircraft Electrical Circuitry
Electrical System Details
The Battery...What to Do About It
Battery Box Construction
To Fly at Night

INSTRUMENTATION
VFR Instrumentation
From Pitot to Panel

LANDING GEAR
Controlling Alignment
Bungee and Spring Shock Absorbers
A Bit About Brakes

FUEL SYSTEMS
Gravity Flow Fuel Systems
Evolution of a Fuel System
COVERING / PAINTING

Fabric Covering -- Dacron
Before you Paint
Painting the Homebuilt

AFTER IT'S FINISHED Weight and
Balance ... A Realistic Look
Certification and . . . Annual Condition Inspection
Amateur Inspection Checklist