Congrats Gary. I look forward to seeing you and the Fox at the Flying in June.
Congrats Gary. I look forward to seeing you and the Fox at the Flying in June.
Ralph
Kitfox 3 flying
Building Kitfox SS7 (RockFox)
915iS Engine
Building Partner Victor V
Finally!!! The weather gods and schedules aligned. AlexM (of Project 5 Build) came over to Cashmere to give my plane its first flight. (Me with zero tailwheel didn't think it prudent to try it on my own) and it actually flew. Appears I need to do some work with the pitot system as it only registered 45 KIAS when he was up cruising at altitude. But the rest seemed to be all there.
https://youtu.be/SLLjZGkVzCc
Geek
Gary (Geek) Phenning
Leavenworth (Not the Prison), WA
Kitfox STi N68SG
Great to see it Gary. Now go get some tail wheel time.
Rick
Congrats again Gary! Looking forward to hearing and seeing you at the controls. And I'd guess you'll be finding a leak in the pitot line.
See my build log at:http://www.mykitlog.com/lowandslow/
Yay! You really tore through that build; well done, Gary.
Eric Page
Building: Kitfox 5 Safari | Rotax 912iS | Dynon HDX
Member: EAA Lifetime, AOPA, ALPA
ATP: AMEL | Comm: ASEL, Glider | ATCS: CTO
Map of Landings
Your plane looks and sounds terrific! A fantastic accomplishment for you and kudos to your intrepid test pilot!
Minor thing airspeed, lol - you'll have it squared away in no time.
Well done team Geek!
"Somebody said that carrier pilots were the best in the world, and they must be or there wouldn't be any of them left alive." Ernie Pyle
Brett Butler
Flying: N46KF, 1998 Model 5 Outback, 912ul 110hp, G3x with 2 axis a/p, Beringer wheels & brakes, SS7 firewall forward, NR prop, Custom paint
Thanks all. Could never have done it without a lot of help from this forum. Some really good people here so willing to help.
Now I guess the fun begins learning to fly the tailwheel.
Gary
Gary (Geek) Phenning
Leavenworth (Not the Prison), WA
Kitfox STi N68SG
Great build Gary! The fun is only beginning!
Harlan and Susan Payne
Flying FarmFox STI Kitfox N61HP
Rotax 915is, Airmaster prop.
https://www.youtube.com/@KitfoxPilot/videos
Gary Congratulations! So excited for you! I'm about a yr behind you, and watching you and others on this forum go through their build journeys has been such great motivation for me. Looking forward to watching more videos of your experience in the near future.
Great job!