It's a MkIII that I’ve hopped a bit! The kit came to me in very basic form, welded fuselage and wing kit, that’s about it. The rest I have had to make myself including all the moulds for the fairings and cowls which I flopped off a friends Kitfox II parts. The windscreen is slanted at a shallower angle which I think looks good and my mate reckons he picked up 5 knots (we'll see). All the panels doors turtle decks etc are all fiber glass skins, there are no metal skins/panels at all except for the floor panels.
Some extra stuff I did: · Aluminum clad each side of wooden Aileron hanger ribs · All fiber glass panels, skins, and cockpit, instrument panel · My own molded fiber glass wing tips (didn’t like the droopy type.) · Galvanized tin fire wall, my own. · Rotec R2800 installation · 13 gallon wing tanks x 2, again my own glass work. · Two piece fiber glass wheel pants · Static port wing mounted with Pitot tube Stuff intend to do: · Round off vertical and horizontal stab and elevator to more 1930'-40's look · Lengthen undercarriage to clear 76" prop. (Stinson look) · Fair undercarriage with fat airfoils (Fiber glass) · Bull nose spinner (Radial Cessna 190 shape) · Oval shaped Sky Lights · Fair main wing struts with fiber glass airfoils · Side and top grills / vents in boot cowl.
Kitfox "Royale" Rotec
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