r/homebuilt↗
Amateur Built Experimental Aircraft
A place for anyone interested in building and flying homebuilt aircraft. Welcome!
16k subscribers38 posts / mo in Sep 202634 authors / mosince 2012
r/homebuilt has 16k members (+13% over the last 12 months). It gets about 38 posts a month from 34 people. Top topics: California Skies, Plane Builds and Engine Types & Projects.
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Topics and brands on r/homebuilt
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- California Skies1.3%
- Plane Builds0.8%
- Engine Types & Projects0.8%
- Cockpit Views & Lights0.6%
- Engine Rebuilds0.6%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Experimental Aircraft Association
- Aircraft Spruce ®
- Aircraft
- vansaircraft.com
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