Well I guess this goodbye for now

[Hawkertech]

Just canceled my order, Due to medical reasons. Going to need the money for bills.

[DesertFox4]

Sorry to hear this. Hope your medical issue is successfully resolved and you can soon be back in the queue for your
kit. Best of luck.

[HighWing]

Sad too. Hope.for the best in future.

[Hawkertech]

It's looking likely that I will need a second Spine surgery to correct some disc issue caused from working on planes. Fell off a scaffold during an engine change landed sitting up so compressed my spine. Also have arthritis in my back due to having to twist and bend in unusual ways to gain access to certain locations, like behind instrument panels. I used to be a corporate jet technician.

[GWright6970]

Keith,
i am sorry to read your post regarding your health issues delaying your build. I wish you the very best in your quest for better health. You Weatherford Texans are tough, you will beat this!

[Hawkertech]

I'll beat it but it won't leave enough money to buy a kitfox, If they sold individual kits, maybe but apparently they don't. I was looking into Zenith, but it is kind of ugly imo, but they do sell individual kits. Ie, wing kit.

[Benbell4140]

I'll beat it but it won't leave enough money to buy a kitfox, If they sold individual kits, maybe but apparently they don't. I was looking into Zenith, but it is kind of ugly imo, but they do sell individual kits. Ie, wing kit.

Give kitfox a call. They offer partial kits. I had the same concerns but I now have a fuselage only kit on order. I’ll order the other sub kits as time and obviously money allows.


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[Hawkertech]

Give kitfox a call. They offer partial kits. I had the same concerns but I now have a fuselage only kit on order. I’ll order the other sub kits as time and obviously money allows.


Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkThanks I'll give that a try when we get home next week.

[Hawkertech]

If I do seperate kits, I am guessing fuselage first.

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[jiott]

I built my SS7 with partial kits 6 years ago. Started with wing kit (not quickbuild), then fuselage, then landing gear, then engine & firewall forward. Of course now with the long kit leadtimes it may be kind of a problem scheduling a series of partial kits.

[Hawkertech]

Is there anyone near Dallas/Fortworth that maybe willing to fly into either Parker County or Mineral Wells airport that has a model that has the ss7 style seats/ seat pan. That may be willing to give me a ride, and see if my wife can get in? I'd like to see how it feels on my back.

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[Cherrybark]

Sorry to hear about your medical problem Keith. There is an FBO near Denison that teaches in a factory build Kitfox. Not exactly next door I know.

https://halt-av.com/

[Hawkertech]

Thanks I'll check them out when I get home. Next week.

[Hawkertech]

I built my SS7 with partial kits 6 years ago. Started with wing kit (not quickbuild), then fuselage, then landing gear, then engine & firewall forward. Of course now with the long kit leadtimes it may be kind of a problem scheduling a series of partial kits.
How did you do the wing first, I looked at the assembly instructions, and the first section is rigging the lift struts, which you need the fuselage for.

[jiott]

I built the wing as far as I could go without the fuselage; there was several hundred hours to get to that point. Then when I got the fuse, I finished the wing tanks, #1 rib, and the rigging.

[Hawkertech]

Well decided to go a completely different direction. Do to cost at this point, we are on a fixed income being retired, I decided to scratch build a Zenith Ch750 stol. Then I can save for the avionics and engine. Yes it is kind of ugly but for me affordable.

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[Smiffy]

Well decided to go a completely different direction. Do to cost at this point, we are on a fixed income being retired, I decided to scratch build a Zenith Ch750 stol. Then I can save for the avionics and engine. Yes it is kind of ugly but for me affordable.

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if you've not started yet, maybe look at these http://kitplanesforafrica.co.za/Pages/Models.asp

Starting to get a few here in europe, but I'm not sure about USA. The kits are available modular and the exchange rate is probably in your favor at the moment.

Good luck with your back operation, only those that have been there really understand the pain. L5-S1 Disc Rupture, 9 years and still walking.