This is the year!


I have been wanting to get a kit and start building for several years but have just been too busy… I have finally positioned my life to have a bit more time and decided to treat myself to a kit and get started.


Unlike all of you that made the jump to Kitfox, I am still undecided - I am a victim of youtube, whatever the last flying video was i watched, that is what I want… And the last video was the Kitfox vrs RANS S21 by youtube channel ”cleared direct”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha91HTXAPZU


I get that the Kitfox is basically the default kit bush plane. I even drove to the factory a few years ago to buy one but left empty handed. Had I placed a deposit that day I would have a kit now, but with that being said I never took the time to look at anything else except kitfox.


A few months ago Trent had a video introducing his new sidekick camera assistant, and they looked like they were kinda tight in the cabin… Im a bigger guy and after seeing that video all I can think about is I gotta find something wider… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6O4sNEWOtw


I would really like to order a kit this month, but I am still stuck on which direction to go. I do want want side by side and I do want amateur built so I can wrench on it. I am not looking at Valdez or stol drags either, just a fun safe rig to get me into the wild of Utah and Idaho. I have thousands of PIC hours and want VFR fun adventure over SOG.


Is there a clear unbiased comparison between the popular side by side brands, Highlander, S21, S7. Is there a new or wider Kitfox coming out. I do not want I do not want the tandem layout, but if I did I sure do like the Chinook Yukon - WOW, look at those youtube vids of that thing at Valdez.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qndwkWJSOwM


And how do you not smile whenever you watch a steve henry video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QySnUZGCxlI (lots of wind and a 6 foot take off)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QySnUZGCxlI


So that’s where I am… RANS S21 for speed of build and benefit of all metal, Highlander for obscene performance or Kitfox for amazing community support… I do not care about the folding wing. I would probably go with the 915 regardless of brand. If you won a FREE airplane which one of the 3 would it be and why.