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Season greetings from Norway! I am still flying my Kitfox although a bit less since I had a mild stroke that affected my sight for a short while, last summer. But now I am just fine and if I can't kee ...

Hello guys,
Haven't posted much ... too busy flying! Wink

I was wondering, what would you recommend as an amphibious float for my Kitfox 3 and Jabiru 2200?
I have just bought a summer house near the ...

In my humble opinion, when considering the CoG of a Kitfox, the most important thing is that, in case of elevator failure, the aircraft climbs at full throttle and descent at idle throttle.

Next, c ...

I am still monitoring this list from here, in Norway. But my Kitfox 3 is still flying without problems so, I am not a frequent poster! Wink

I love shooting reindeers from my Kitfox but I had to give ...

Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man, landing is the first...

¡Estupendo, Jose! I think I'll have that written on my dashboard! Wink

Cheers,
Michel

Thank you Dave, Mike and Jose, for your answers. Dave, I have seen your videos many times before! Wink

But you land on grass and you are a lucky guy! My Kitfox hates asphalt. Wink

Dave and Jose, you ...

Hello guys,
My son, who has not been flying our Kitfox 3 for two years, need an instructor check-up to keep his license. I asked the instructor what my son needed to train for before the check-up.
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Kirk, some 8 years ago, I changed the Maule tailwheel on my Kitfox 3 for a Homebuilder, found on Aircraft Spruce. I am very pleased with it. Here is the link:

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/categori ...

I am still monitoring this list but ... my Kitfox 3 has been flying without problems for the past ... 21 years. So, I haven't much to contribute to! Wink

Cheers,
Michel

Lots of different Kitfoxes and lots of different folks flying in lots of different environments. I agree with what you said regarding exploring the envelope

I agree with you, Lowell (and I also agr ...

Hello everyone! ... (long time, no writing! Wink

If it may interest anyone: I have a Kitfox 3 built in 1992 by someone who built it as his 3rd Kitfox. He had limited the flaps to 10 degrees and that ...

I also have some 500 hours on my Kitfox 3, Mike. First with the 582 then with the Jabiru 2200 that has now about 430 hours. I enjoy every moment of it and ... yes, I was flying today! Wink

Cheers,
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Paul, I have about 550 hours on my model 3 and the only time I did a ground loop was when I broke the tailwheel spring on a hard landing. I also went twice with the left wing on the ground in very str ...

That is interesting, Lowell, because on all the airfields I have been, in Europe, no one has ever proposed to fill my tanks for me. It is always the pilot who does it.

Cheers,
Michel Verheughe
Ki ...

I never set the cap on the wing now. I always set the cap on the ladder when gassing up.

... that sounds like a good idea, Pat! I think I'll do the same!

Cheers,
Michel Verheughe
Kitfox 3 - Ja ...

Friends, I suggest that we post here mistakes we did, in order to learn from each other.

Here is my latest: Last Saturday, I refueled Avgas to the top (about 60 liters) prior to flying to another a ...

Thank you for sharing your story, Jeff. My Kitfox 3, that I didn't build myself, has a stopper at 10 degrees flaps. I have read many scary stories of too much flaps on the flaperons and this is why I ...

Hello all fox flyers, Has any body ever considered spoilers or some other lift eliminating devices for the kitfox 4/1200?
A friend of mine has an ASSO V aircraft with a spoiler that is a perforated ...

Odense is an ancestral home, at least for a fourth part - father's mother.

... which reminds me: I did a typo, Lowell; Odense is the native town of H.C. Andersen, and not Christiansen, as I wrote. ...

Hello guys,
Here is a youTube video I made with my iPhone from my trip to Belgium, last week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcylNG-klDs

Here is something I don't talk much about:
As I flew to ...