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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...
25th Anniversary: Rutan’s Take
...more than 555 complete HAPI engines. Dan Denney moved on from being the first customer for the Avid Flyer to starting his own company to produce the Kitfox. Over the...
Insurance Update: Experimentals and LSAs
...higher-performance aircraft such as a Glasair, Lancair or RV, or trading down to a more sedate homebuilt such as a Zenith 601, 650 or a low-and-slow Kitfox. Because Falcon seeks...
Letters
...be the promoter. Later, after a parting of the ways, Denney slightly modified the design and started producing it under the name of Kitfox. Today, many other manufacturers are producing...
2010 Kit Aircraft Buyer’s Guide
...all told; Kitfox has expanded with the Mark IV; Lancairs Piston Evolution joins the group (along with the Lancair IV and ES families, which everyone thought would be dropped with...
Builder Survey: Wilderness Calling
...’80s, until he got his Private license and then built a Kitfox, Titan Tornado, Avid Magnum and a short-tail S-7, accumulating 2902 hours in the process. He was a carpenter...
Light Stuff
...prototype Kitfoxes equipped with inflatable Full Lotus floats on Lake Parker in Florida. On my solo Kitfox flight, I was careful not to land close to the “logs” drifting in...
Light Stuff
...via APRS. The next refueling was at Nampa, Idaho, the original home of Kitfox aircraft. Dubner and I shed several layers of clothing. By 1 p.m. Mountain Time we were...
Safety is No Accident: Lancair Designs
...an event an accident. Lose an engine on a Kitfox (stall speed 44 mph), and there’s probably a number of places one can set down safely and not meet the...
Down to Earth
...Airline Transport Pilot rating, multi-engine and single-engine flight instructor ratings, as well as glider and rotorcraft (gyroplane) ratings. Shes helped with the build up of her Kitfox IV and RV-10....
In Case You Missed it
Error Chain
Bubble, bubble, boil… and trouble! Vapor lock stops a Lycoming during Phase 1 testing. By Bill Repucci.
Wind Tunnel
When unexpected drag is an issue, the cause could be gaps in the skin of your airplane. A simple seal might solve the problem.
Around the Patch
The FAAs John Hickey and Frank Paskiewicz got an earful at the AirVenture forum assembled to illuminate proposed changes to the 51% rule. Although some of the comments ran far afield, many more homebuilders posed thoughtful and challenging questions in an effort to help them understand where they stand with regard to the new regulations; by Marc Cook.