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atc310r
04-01-2019, 07:56 AM
Hey all,

Looking to purchase a piece of property that is on a very small body of water he in New England, USA. The pond is a small dammed river which has about 2600' in length, then another ~300' with low swampland before 30 or 40' trees. No big hills after or anything. The altitude of the pond is 500' MSL.

I grew up on the water but have no float experience yet so I wanted to ask the experts on here if that would be enough for a Kitfox with a 100HP Rotax? Because I may be able to get a smoking deal on this property, but if I can't fly out of it then I am all set. It does get hot here in the summer and I do want to be able to take off when it is hot and preferably fully loaded.

Am I crazy or is it workable? What do you guys think?

Thanks in advance!