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Thread: Captainphx's build

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    Paul,

    congratulations on your purchase - nice combo! I am interested if John gave yu any indicative cruise figures for the Sti and 915 combo?? I have been waiting with interest to hear about all the performance figures they have been getting with the factory model.

    Anyway, welcome to the forum - I benefited from the wisdom and generosity of the people on here throughout my build and I know will also. Looking forward to your reports.

    cheers
    ross
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    Sold to Richard and Scott Taubman in OZ, 2019. Kitfox SS7,Rotax 912is Sport, Airmaster CSP 75" blades.
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    Welcome Paul!

    I have yet to officially introduce myself here, however it sounds like my wife and I are right behind you with our STi build scheduled for mid March delivery! Most of our build will be done in our two car garage and later move into the hanger for final assembly. It sounds like we will have very similar builds so I look forward to piking your brain along the way, Good luck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by aviator79 View Post
    A bandsaw is handy, although not required. I have a cheap one, and it has been sufficient...
    Yes, I think the rotisseries will be coming up soon.
    Paul

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    Quote Originally Posted by Delta Whisky View Post
    Regarding the heat/AC - I put in a LG minisplit and have not looked back.
    Yes, thats on my list!
    Paul

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swanny View Post
    Welcome Paul!

    I have yet to officially introduce myself here, however it sounds like my wife and I are right behind you with our STi build scheduled for mid March delivery!..Good luck!
    Cool, we'll keep in touch!
    Paul

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    MT Prop
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    Quote Originally Posted by rosslr View Post
    Paul,

    congratulations on your purchase - nice combo! I am interested if John gave yu any indicative cruise figures for the Sti and 915 combo?? I have been waiting with interest to hear about all the performance figures....
    John said about a 120 mph cruise.
    Paul

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    These are the things I am glad I ordered ahead of time.

    60 ml syringes
    More Dixie cups (waxless)
    Numbered drill bit set.
    9/32 drill bit (for door latch holes. Manual calls for a .280 hole)
    #30 drill bits (a dozen)
    #40 drill bits (6)
    A couple hundred popsicle sticks
    6 foot level (for setting dihedral)
    A few rolls of painters tape

    Cloth swatches. ( I cut hundreds from T-shirt material). I use them for cleaning up after applying hysol to everything. Paper towels will work, but leaves behind bits of paper.

    Dremmel tool and about 40 of the reinforced cutting wheels. The regular cutoff wheels wear out way too fast.
    10 to 15 of the larger drum sanding parts, and 10 of the smaller diameter sanding drums.

    Scotch sanding pads (7447 I think, they are maroon colored)

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    Wow, great list, thanks Flyboy!
    Paul

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    Someone else had a builders wishlist here. I just added a couple things.

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    Hello Everyone,

    I'm back, finally after the long wait for the Kitfox to arrive. John, himself delivered, and during a rare snowstorm here in Arizona, no less! I did order it with bare metal instead of powder coat, so the first thing I had to do was to take it to Arizona Aircraft Painting in Mesa to get things painted. I am doing a similar paint job as Kitfox's STi, but a little different.

    During this whole last year, I busied myself with adding two more stalls onto a 3 car garage. One stall is a dedicated shop, two stalls are for the build, and the other two are for cars and other junk. We then re-epoxied the floor, got some additional cabinets, installed a heater a/c, installed strip curtains to wall off the two stalls for the build from the other two stalls to create a nice conditioned space to work in. Then I ordered a band saw and installed a new 60 gallon compressor and a few other tools. I managed to get all this completed just before it came back from the paint shop.

    I have now been actually building for a few days, and started with the tail first. A few pics to follow.
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    Paul

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