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Building for IFR: Do You Really Need It?
...stuck on top. Astute planning can avoid those situations for far less money. I have flown an IFR Kitfox. But the databases hadn’t been updated since the airplane was new...
Something to Crow About
...proving just right. And as mentioned, hardware combinations can be chosen to get exactly what the customer needs. But if you have an RV, Kitfox or Sonex, you probably don’t...
Master Caution
...month’s treatise was to produce the first installment of my upcoming Kitfox build series, which I have been greatly looking forward to. However, as often happens in life, life itself...
2025 Engine Buyer’s Guide
Welcome to our annual Engine Buyer’s Guide, where we try to dissect what’s new, what’s old and what’s changed in the world of Experimental-intended powerplants. Last year we reported the...
How Bad Could a Prop Strike Be?
A prop strike, even at very low speed and power, is a serious matter. We watched as the Kitfox struggled to land. The crosswind was high and the pilot decided...
Kitfox Speedster 916
...may be reasonably priced but it’s never free. The trick, of course, is to find the balance. For Kitfox, the solution, while still keeping a sharp eye on that ever-elusive...
Kitbuilding as Easy as Child’s Play
...in building a kit aircraft, a friend of mine announced his purchase of a complete new Kitfox airplane kit. (This was back in the 1980s, so this kit was nothing...
Repeat Offender
My airpark neighbor Bill Prokes would be a tremendous asset on a Kitfox aircraft project, having built several that he still owns. I still vividly remember when I made the...
Kitfox Celebrates Forty, Too
...anniversary fly-in. That’s George Hardin’s Kitfox Lite (left) and Ty Ferkin’s Kitfox IV on amphibious floats (right). The Long View When I think back on how the Kitfox got started,...
Flat Four-Stroke Gasoline
...the 916 iS is Rotax’s current top-of-the-line engine and a real shot in the arm for STOL aircraft such as the Carbon Cub UL and the Kitfox Super Sport. Its...
In Case You Missed It
Flight Review: Four to Tango
Chuck Berthe puts Team Tango’s Foxtrot 4 through its paces, and finds it to be a capable aircraft with the potential to be even better as the design is refined.
Aero ‘lectrics, Strobes – Part 3
In Part 3 of this series about building an aircraft strobe, the author beefs up the project using off-the-shelf parts to provide a brighter, more frequent flash without running down the planes electrical system.