While the KITPLANES crew was horsing around in Homedale, Idaho, flying the riotously fun Super Sport with the Rotax 916 aboard, Kitfox owner John McBean took us on a tour of the factory. From the homegrown steel-tube cage built in a novel opening jig to the composites shop and the wing room, virtually all of the Kitfox kit is built right there in western Idaho.
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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.