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25th Anniversary: Rotax Run
...being adapted from snowmobile or motorcycle engines). A new version of the Kitfox, with an expanded cabin area and a lengthened tailcone, allows builders the option to use a VW...
Kitfox LSA Flight Test
Marc Cook reports on flying the Kitfox LSA.
Company Profile: Kitfox
Kitplanes editor Marc Cook profiles Kitfox during a visit to the company’s Homedale, Idaho headquarters....
25th Anniversary: Engines of Change
...You never know. Kitfox Turns 25 KITPLANES® is not the only organization celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Kitfox Aircraft LLC has also hit the quarter-century mark, most recently...
Completions
...SS stencil lettering that was laser-cut. Jack Smits Richmond Hills, Ontario Canada smitsATsympatico.ca Bruce Hoisingtons Kitfox Series 7 On January 5, 2006, after three years and two months, I test-flew...
Down to Earth
...left as the sole caregiver to an infant and a toddler for nearly nine months when our first project, a Kitfox IV, was completed. I swore, we swore, once we...
25th Anniversary: Builder Assistance
...Kitfox kit. The copy compares the Kitfox to the J-3 Cub and says that, Performance figures for solo flight will blow your sox off! The Kitfox prototype flew at Sun...
ViperJet Redux
...margins for error. An extra 10 knots on final is not an issue on most runways in a Kitfox or a GlaStar, but 10 knots extra in a jet without...
25th Anniversary: Homebuilts – The Enduring Soul of Innovation
...composite construction in the early 1980s, and Lancair and Glasair came to the fore in the mid- to late 80s. Avid and Kitfox offered their designs to homebuilders in the...
Letters
...statistics. I think I can answer the mystery of the Avid/Kitfox statistics. Avid mounts the Rotax two-cycle engine inverted. Kitfox mounts the engines right-side up. Mike Stratman ( of California...
In Case You Missed It
Wind Tunnel
Aerodynamic flutter has been a recent concern in the homebuilt world. What exactly is flutter? What causes it? Barnaby Wainfan clarifies an often misunderstood and potentially dangerous phenomenon.
Light Stuff
Roy Beisswenger discusses a rational path for owners of sport aircraft to become commercially rated.
Fire in the Hole
Were all used to the standard red canister fire extinguisher, often encased behind glass, that we've grown up with at school, work and at home. But the need to put out flames in racecars has brought about a new generation of extinguishers, suitable for aircraft, which offers effective protection in a small and attractive package.