Possible Kitfox Flight Training in AL?

[SkyPirate]

cap01 ,..not to jump in line here ,..but the square tips will pull slightly harder then the tapered tip,..I'd say about a 2 mph difference,..
from the ground ,,the squared tips are slightly louder then the tapered tips

Chase

[SkyPirate]

nice looking plane catz361,..what 's under the hood?

Chase

[catz631]

I bought the aircraft with the tapered tips on it so have no idea about the difference with square tips. Speaking of beauty,I am seriously concidering swaping props and going to the Kiev.Now that is a beauty ! All of the guys that own Highlanders seem to love it.
Dick

[catz631]

My 4 has a Rotax 912UL (225hrs). I have installed oil cooler and radiator shutters,electric elevator trim with switch on the stick, vg's, the new "bush" gear, and a host of other items. After these mods,I have cured all of the things that were bugging me about the aircraft. It now pretty much behaves like a "clipped wing" cub (faster roll and pitch of course) and is a real joy to fly.
Dick

[cap01]

catz631, great looking plane . the trim mod looks interesting . i removed the droop tips on mine and installed removable rounded ones .
ive also heard some good things about the keiv prop but being a product of the cold war/viet nam era i would rather not have anything from russia . if the squar tip warp does damage to the gearbox thats too high of a price to pay for looking cool , may have to get mine tapered .
cp

[jrthomas]

Hey Dick, where did you get those louvers? Also I have a new Kiev but my Speedster is no quite finished. Great looking prop. There's a lot of neat new stuff coming out of the Czech Republic, probably the top producer of new light sport aircraft who were occupied by the Soviets after being occupied by the ****s. James Thomas

[catz631]

I bought all my mods from Highwing LLC. Lowell puts out some high quality ,neat stuff that we need for our aircraft. I also have his low fuel warning system and his "throttle link". The throttle link allows me to pneumatically balance my carbs in about 30 sec after I have the hoses setup. You just turn a knob in the cockpit check the sync needle and your done ! It's fantastic. You could do it in the air if you were set up for it.
Dick

[Slyfox]

Forget the louvers on the oil cooler, just put the oil thermostate on from lockwood and forget about it. In fact, this will suprise a few, I have less drain back on the oil tank since I put the thermostate on. This has been about a total of 800hrs between both engines. The grove gear can't be beat, I don't care about the extra 20lbs it is nice and strong, and I have landed on some pretty rough landing strips. The vg's I love those good idea, just make sure you have them installed right. The electric trim, love that also.