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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...
Inline and V Four-Stroke
...RANS, plus Sonex, Kitfox, Murphy Aircraft, Van’s, GlaStar and others. Given the low cost of used engines, Viking leverages that into some of the least expensive engines in the Experimental...
Kitfox Aircraft Factory Tour
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...
December 2023
On the cover: Brandon and Heather Petersen’s Super Sport is the first Kitfox to be powered by a 160-hp Rotax 916 iS. Photographed by Jon Bliss near Homedale, Idaho. Table...
Excess Horsepower!
...purposeful and definitely colorful, Brandon Petersen’s Super Sport is an eye-catcher. The Kitfox Version This Kitfox Super Sport, built by Brandon Petersen, master fabricator for Kitfox in Homedale, Idaho, is...
Flight Review: Kitfox Super Sport with Rotax’s Turbo 916
KITPLANES editor at large Paul Dye took a couple of flights with Brandon Petersen in his Kitfox Series 7 Super Sport powered by the new 160-hp Rotax 916 iS. Paul...
A Fine Specimen
Brandon and Heather Petersen and their amazing Kitfox Super Sport with the Rotax 916. You’d never, ever know it was pushed hard to be finished in time for AirVenture 2023....
In Case You Missed It
Fixed-pitch Props
A major advantage of a fixed-pitch prop is that it is lighter, simpler and cheaper than one with variable pitch.
Down to Earth
After a reluctant transition from paper to pixels, Amy Laboda explores the options available in digital-charting apps and how she arrived at a decision.