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    Default Re: What Have You Done Today To Your Kitfox?

    Started fabricating back deck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mike92104 View Post
    Are you using the Powersonic battery as a backup?
    Yes sir - sort of. It will function as a true backup for about an hour if I secure everything but the bare-bones need-to-fly stuff. My primary goal was to be able to get the EFIS, EIS and the radio up and running before starting the engine and not make any of them suffer from power surges or the drop in voltage during start up. I isolated the Powersonic from the main battery with a Schottky diode so it (in theory anyway) doesn't participate in the start up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by airlina View Post
    Hey Larry, how about a before after report on your VG's once you get to flight testing. Thinking of doing the same . Thanks Bruce N199CL
    I didn’t do any scientific testing, Bryan Bowen and Alex DiSessa did enough of that. I can confirm my numbers agree with theirs of 7-10 mph improvement in power off stall and power on is still a non-event. I have not flown the VGs without skis and with Bushwheels yet. I don’t expect anything too surprising.
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    I have checked out Bryan and Alex's assessments , good to hear you came to the same conclusion, I don't want to lose any top end cruise speed-anything to offer on that end of the spectrum. thanks Bruce N199CL

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    There seems no effect on flight characteristics other than stall speed.
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    Thats what I wanted to hear , thanks Larry, gonna order them up. Bruce N199CL

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    Default Re: What Have You Done Today To Your Kitfox?

    I started my condition inspection this weekend. It's going to come out with a pair of new Garmin autopilot servos installed.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Delta Whisky View Post
    Yes sir - sort of. It will function as a true backup for about an hour if I secure everything but the bare-bones need-to-fly stuff. My primary goal was to be able to get the EFIS, EIS and the radio up and running before starting the engine and not make any of them suffer from power surges or the drop in voltage during start up. I isolated the Powersonic from the main battery with a Schottky diode so it (in theory anyway) doesn't participate in the start up.
    Nice. Thanks for the reply.
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    What are you doing to your baggage are?

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    Driven by it on my way to work, wishing it was back together from condition inspection.

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