Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone has built or seen a Kitfox with metal skins. I'm interested in the possibility, particularly for leaving the aircraft outdoors.
Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone has built or seen a Kitfox with metal skins. I'm interested in the possibility, particularly for leaving the aircraft outdoors.
I would not even consider it, just be too heavy! I removed the fabric off a skyfox ( same as kitfox 3) all fabric including paint, fuselage, wings, tail etc, rolled it up and weighed it, just 6.5 kg ( just over 13lb) keep it simple keep it light! Tom
If you wanted to go this route wouldn't you be better off with a Rans S21?
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I'm helping my brother build a Rans S21. I wouldn't recommend going that route also. To keep weight down the aluminum is so thin that we have had several dings in the aluminum. Some we could take out with cold-heat process. With fabric unless a sharp object hits it there is little damage normally. My plan has been covered 15 years and very little wear & tear.
David E.
Woodstock, Georgia
N97DE S5 TD Flying
N97KE RV-9A Sold
N96KE RV10 Sold
Rans S21 Helping Brother Build (Selling)
Vans RV-14A (On Order)
I have had both all aluminum, and all fabric planes
Drop a tool on the all metal plane, and you have a dent, if it's a light sport plane (thin metal)
Drop it on fabric, it bounced off. Hail, same thing.
Drop a knife, or anything sharp, you have a hole in the fabric, maybe a big one.
There is no perfect solutions....pick your poison
Hope this helps
Roger