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Near the Finish Line
...coverage restrictions. For other kit aircraft, the number of companies willing to insure the fly-off period may be smaller. For example, Kitfox, Rans, Glasair, Sonex, and Lancair may only have...
Checkpoints
...the Kitfox Model II. Performance was much better, as was reliability. We later re-engined the Kitfox with a Rotax 912 UL engine. I was hooked on this combination when I...
Backcountry Fox
...with the Kitfox on beautiful backcountry strips. Equipped for the Job The Kitfox Super Sport is not your father’s Kitfox! According to John McBean, owner of Kitfox Aircraft, there have...
Deciding What to Build
...Kitfox in their given specialties. If you are already flying a similar aircraft, then you are fully aware of what you want or need. But many of us build with...
Preparing for Flight Test Unknowns
...Sonex, or Kitfox behaves. Be careful-these airplanes may get airborne well before the pilot pushes the throttle all the way forward. I plan to ask myself: Is there another, less...
Down to Earth
Electrical problems on an airplane as low-draw as our Kitfox IV are insidious: you hardly know you have them at first. Our panel setup is so minimal, with just a...
Finding the Perfect Project
...plenty of power—with the right engine (and it should be noted that most demo flights are given in the airplane with the biggest engine they support). The modern Kitfox is...
Error Chain
...accidents often end—poorly. I’ve also heard of a new owner who crashed his Kitfox Lite on his first departure. He did not survive. That was with an engine significantly larger...
Wrap it up?
I remember picking paint for our RV-10. Heck, I remember picking paint for our Kitfox IV back in 1993. We worked with sleeves of paint samples, small cardboard squares of...
Building Again
...the VAF forums, and then to the canard forums, the Kitfox forums, and so on, and so on. The forums really became a part of my life. I couldn’t go...