Time for my first Annual Inspection on a Series 5 that I purchased already built last year, and I found that both the front Jury Strut Clamps were cracked between 1/2 & 3/4 the way through, They were not visiable until I removed the Strut Fairings. The plane was completed in 2002 so I have no idea how complete the past Inspections were.

I believe that one of the probable or possible reasons is that these clamps had been powder coated which may have caused them to become more brittle.

I checked with Kitfox and they do not powder coat the clamps so it most likely was done at some other point, Deb is sending me 4 new one's. Just thought I would bring this to everyone's attention so that we could all be more aware.